--- title: "11 Say Baseball Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Say Baseball quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Say Baseball sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76b/clayton-kershaw-4174_baseball_they-say-baseball-s-a-game-of-failure-we_976342.png" --- > [They say baseball's a game of failure. Well, that's only true on the offensive side.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clayton-kershaw/they-say-baseball-s-a-game-of-failure-well-that-s-only-true-on-the/) [Clayton Kershaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clayton-kershaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76b/clayton-kershaw-4174_baseball_they-say-baseball-s-a-game-of-failure-we_976342.png) > [They say baseball is a slow game. It sure doesn't seem that way when you're in the dugout. You think you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-quade/they-say-baseball-is-a-slow-game-it-sure-doesn-t-seem-that-way-when/) [Mike Quade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-quade/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21c/mike-quade-30763_baseball_they-say-baseball-is-a-slow-game-it-sure_2285046.png) > [You can say baseball's fun, you're in the big leagues, you get to come to a Major League field every day -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-martinez/you-can-say-baseball-s-fun-you-re-in-the-big-leagues-you-get-to-come/) [J. D. Martinez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-martinez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f45/j-d-martinez-6676_baseball_you-can-say-baseball-s-fun-you-re-in-the_2495880.jpg) > [I am and will always be just simply a basball player, my tomb stone will just say. Baseball.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-canseco/i-am-and-will-always-be-just-simply-a-basball-player-my-tomb-stone/) [Jose Canseco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-canseco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/787/jose-canseco-17352_ball-player_i-am-and-will-always-be-just-simply-a-ba_648141.png) > [I never argue with people who say baseball is boring, because baseball is boring. And then, suddenly, it isn't. And that's what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-posnanski/i-never-argue-with-people-who-say-baseball-is-boring-because-baseball/) [Joe Posnanski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-posnanski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42b/joe-posnanski-36944_arguing_i-never-argue-with-people-who-say-baseba_239559.png) > [“So I will wait, because I would rather wait for you than waste my time with someone who isn't you. And I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabrielle-zevin/so-i-will-wait-because-i-would-rather-wait-for-you-than-waste-my-time/) [Gabrielle Zevin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabrielle-zevin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/998/gabrielle-zevin-626_baseball_so-i-will-wait-because-i-would-rather-wa_633480.jpg) > [When I was a kid, I remember my parents would say, 'Baseball is what you do, but that's not who you are'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-doolittle/when-i-was-a-kid-i-remember-my-parents-would-say-baseball-is-what-you/) [Sean Doolittle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-doolittle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/570/sean-doolittle-15057_baseball_when-i-was-a-kid-i-remember-my-parents-w_1927255.jpg) > [They always say baseball is 90 percent mental, 10 percent physical, whatever that saying is. I don't even think I know it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-rendon/they-always-say-baseball-is-90-percent-mental-10-percent-physical/) [Anthony Rendon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-rendon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d01/anthony-rendon-7325_baseball_they-always-say-baseball-is-90-percent-m_2799196.jpg) > [People say baseball players should go out and have fun. No way. To me, baseball is pressure, I always feel it. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-eckersley/people-say-baseball-players-should-go-out-and-have-fun-no-way-to-me/) [Dennis Eckersley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-eckersley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c9/dennis-eckersley-23363_ball-player_people-say-baseball-players-should-go-ou_25719.jpg) > [People tend to take sides in these discussions. They feel obligated to say baseball is in catastrophic circumstance or no problem at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-zimbalist/people-tend-to-take-sides-in-these-discussions-they-feel-obligated-to/) [Andrew Zimbalist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-zimbalist/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d99/andrew-zimbalist-53331_baseball_people-tend-to-take-sides-in-these-discu_944749.jpg) > [You see people say: 'He should go back to baseball. He should do this; he should do that.' Those are people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-connaughton/you-see-people-say-he-should-go-back-to-baseball-he-should-do-this-he/) [Pat Connaughton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-connaughton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7db/pat-connaughton-6509_baseball_you-see-people-say-he-should-go-back-to_1103391.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/say-baseball/#itemlist", "name": "Say Baseball Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "They say baseball's a game of failure. 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