30 Inspiring Baseball Quotes

1. “Baseball is 90% mental and the other half is physical.” – Yogi Berra

2. “Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” – Babe Ruth

3. “It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” – Babe Ruth

4. “There may be people who have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.” – Derek Jeter

5. “Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.” – Yogi Berra

6. “Baseball was, is, and always will be to me the best game in the world.” – Babe Ruth

7. “I’d walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball.” – Pete Rose

8. “Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand.” – Leo Durocher

9. “Baseball is a game of inches.” – Branch Rickey

10. “There’s no crying in baseball!” – Tom Hanks as Jimmy Dugan in A League of Their Own

11. “Baseball is a man maker.” – Al Spalding

12. “The only way to prove you’re a good sport is to lose.” – Ernie Banks

13. “The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three-run homers.” – Earl Weaver

14. “Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal, and you can spit anywhere except in the umpire’s eye or on the ball.” – Jim Murray

15. “To succeed in baseball, as in life, you must make adjustments.” – Ken Griffey Jr.

16. “There are only two seasons—winter and baseball.” – Bill Veeck

17. “You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possibly be—in baseball and in life.” – Pete Rose

18. “Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.” – Warren Spahn

19. “You can’t sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You’ve got to throw the ball over the plate and give the other man his chance. That’s why baseball is the greatest game of them all.” – Earl Weaver

20. “In baseball and in life, all the important things happen at home.” – Anonymous

21. “Baseball is a game of failure. The best hitters fail seven out of ten times and still make millions.” – Ted Williams

22. “Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday’s success or put its failures behind and start over again.” – Bob Feller

23. “No matter how good you are, you’re going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are, you’re going to win one-third of your games. It’s the other third that makes the difference.” – Tommy Lasorda

24. “Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.” – Babe Ruth

25. “You can’t be afraid to make errors! You can’t be afraid to be naked before the crowd, because no one can ever master the game of baseball, or conquer it. You can only challenge it.” – Lou Brock

26. “It ain’t over till it’s over.” – Yogi Berra

27. “Baseball is a team sport played by individuals for themselves.” – Joe Torre

28. “There are three types of baseball players: those who make it happen, those who watch it happen, and those who wonder what happened.” – Tommy Lasorda

29. “Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.” – Babe Ruth (The Sandlot)

30. “The game of baseball isn’t over until the last man is out.” – John McGraw