Baseball Quotes
1871 quotes by 890 authors
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Don't be afraid to take advice. There's always something new to learn.
— Babe Ruth
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I had just turned 20, and Jackie told me the only way to be successful at anything was to go out and do it. He…
— Hank Aaron
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I don't know how anyone can put on a uniform and not care about winning.
— Dave LaPoint
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If you could equate the amount of time and effort put in mentally and physically into succeeding on the baseball field and measured it by…
— Mike Schmidt
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In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted, if you…
— Tom Seaver
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Different people, different backgrounds, different ideals... We walk in different doors at the beginning of the day, and we walk out of different doors at…
— Scott Rolen
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Anything less would not have been worthy of me. Anything more would not have been possible.
— Carl Yastrzemski
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There are only two places in this league, First Place and No Place.
— Tom Seaver
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If you've ever been around a group of actors, you've noticed, no doubt, that the can talk of nothing else under the sun but acting...It's…
— Christy Mathewson
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Nobody likes the ball low and away, but that's where you're going to get it from me. I been pitching it there 50 years, away…
— Satchel Paige
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It helps if the hitter thinks you're a little crazy.
— Nolan Ryan
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My job isn't to strike guys out; it's to get them out, sometimes by striking them out.
— Tom Seaver
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A pitcher will never be a big winner until he hates hitters.
— Early Wynn
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One rule I had was make your best pitch and back up third base. That relay might get away and you've got another shot at…
— Lefty Gomez
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The only time I really try for a strikeout is when I'm in a jam. If the bases are loaded with none out, for example,…
— Sandy Koufax
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The good rising fastball is the best pitch in baseball.
— Tom Seaver
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The test of an outfielder's skill comes when he has to go against the fence to make a catch.
— Joe DiMaggio
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It's supposed to be fun, the man says 'Play Ball' not 'Work Ball' you know.
— Willie Stargell
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I remember one time going out to the mound to talk with Bob Gibson. He told me to get back behind the batter; that the…
— Tim McCarver
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The only thing worse than a Mets game is a Mets doubleheader.
— Casey Stengel
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