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title: "8 World Baseball Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 8 World Baseball quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best World Baseball sayings and thoughts."
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> [Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/love-is-the-most-important-thing-in-the-world-but-baseball-is-pretty/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abc/anonymous-1_baseball_love-is-the-most-important-thing-in-the_458023.jpg)

> [Playing in the World Baseball Classic is something that I truly want to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nolan-arenado/playing-in-the-world-baseball-classic-is-something-that-i-truly-want/)

[Nolan Arenado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nolan-arenado/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd4/nolan-arenado-6762_baseball_playing-in-the-world-baseball-classic-is_1260701.jpg)

> [The only real game, I think, in the world is baseball.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-only-real-game-i-think-in-the-world-is-baseball/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e19/anonymous-1_baseball_the-only-real-game-i-think-in-the-world_1508226.jpg)

> [You think the greatest thing in the whole world would be to become a baseball player - if best things already happened,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcgraw/you-think-the-greatest-thing-in-the-whole-world-would-be-to-become-a/)

[John McGraw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcgraw/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ee/john-mcgraw-25431_ball-player_you-think-the-greatest-thing-in-the-whol_1535079.jpg)

> [I've always wanted to be the best in the world as a baseball player, so when I started to think about opening…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/curt-schilling/i-ve-always-wanted-to-be-the-best-in-the-world-as-a-baseball-player/)

[Curt Schilling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/curt-schilling/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/323/curt-schilling-9658_ball-player_i-ve-always-wanted-to-be-the-best-in-the_1610679.png)

> [They haven't given too many gamblers a second chances in the world of baseball.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-rose/they-haven-t-given-too-many-gamblers-a-second-chances-in-the-world-of/)

[Pete Rose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-rose/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a7/pete-rose-3178_baseball_they-haven-t-given-too-many-gamblers-a-s_2452723.png)

> [I felt like the world of baseball in 1919 was much closer to what A-ball would be now - guys riding buses,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-b-sweeney/i-felt-like-the-world-of-baseball-in-1919-was-much-closer-to-what-a/)

[D. B. Sweeney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-b-sweeney/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/357/d-b-sweeney-8233_baseball_i-felt-like-the-world-of-baseball-in-191_2670116.jpg)

> [I'm half-Italian and my name is Portuguese. Michael Young is half-Mexican. There are players from the United States that have heritage elsewhere…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-teixeira/i-m-half-italian-and-my-name-is-portuguese-michael-young-is-half/)

[Mark Teixeira](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-teixeira/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e19/mark-teixeira-10527_baseball_i-m-half-italian-and-my-name-is-portugue_3038284.jpg)

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