Baseball Quotes About Hard Work
Baseball has always been a game that values hard work and dedication. Here are 99 inspiring quotes from baseball legends about the importance of hard work:
- “Baseball is a game of inches, and inches make champions.” – Earl Weaver
- “You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possibly be – in baseball and in life.” – Pete Rose
- “Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.” – Ted Williams
- “The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man’s determination.” – Tommy Lasorda
- “If you want to be a big-league ballplayer, you’ve got to work, work, work.” – Hank Aaron
- “The only way to prove you’re a good sport is to lose.” – Ernie Banks
- “It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” – Babe Ruth
- “The road to success is not easy to navigate, but with hard work, drive, and passion, it’s possible to achieve the American dream.” – Tommy Hilfiger
- “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker
- “There are three types of baseball players: those who make it happen, those who watch it happen, and those who wonder what happens.” – Tommy Lasorda
- “Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand.” – Leo Durocher
- “If you’re not practicing, somebody else is, somewhere, and he’ll be ready to take your job.” – Brooks Robinson
- “It’s not the will to win that matters – everyone has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters.” – Paul “Bear” Bryant
- “In baseball, you can’t kill the clock. You’ve got to give the other man his chance. That’s why this is the greatest game.” – Earl Weaver
- “You can’t let praise or criticism get to you. It’s a weakness to get caught up in either one.” – John Wooden
- “The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.” – Earl Weaver
- “A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.” – Earl Wilson
- “You can’t hit what you can’t see.” – Walter Johnson
- “There are three things you can do in a baseball game. You can win, or you can lose, or it can rain.” – Casey Stengel
- “Baseball is a lot like life. It’s a day-to-day existence, full of ups and downs. You make the most of your opportunities in baseball as you do in life.” – Ernie Harwell
- “It ain’t over till it’s over.” – Yogi Berra
- “The only thing that matters is what happens on the field.” – Earl Weaver
- “Baseball was, is, and always will be to me the best game in the world.” – Babe Ruth
- “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi
- “Good pitching always beats good hitting – and vice versa.” – Bob Veale
- “The pitcher has got only a ball. I’ve got a bat. So the percentage in weapons is in my favor and I let the fellow with the ball do the fretting.” – Hank Aaron
- “I never said most of the things I said.” – Yogi Berra
- “I think about baseball when I wake up in the morning. I think about it all day and I dream about it at night. The only time I don’t think about it is when I’m playing it.” – Carl Yastrzemski
- “It’s a funny thing, the more I practice the luckier I get.” – Arnold Palmer
- “The game isn’t over till it’s over.” – Yogi Berra
- “I’d walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball.” – Pete Rose
- “Baseball is 90% mental, the other half is physical.” – Yogi Berra
- “I never thought home runs were all that exciting. I still think the triple is the most exciting thing in baseball. To me, a triple is like a guy taking the ball on his 1-yard line and running 99 yards for a touchdown.” – Hank Aaron
- “In baseball, you don’t know nothing.” – Yogi Berra
- “You can’t win them all.” – Connie Mack
- “The only thing better than a good day of fishing is a good day of baseball.” – Unknown
- “You can’t steal second base with your foot on first.” – Unknown
- “I don’t care how long you’ve been around, you’ll never see it all.” – Bob Lemon
- “You gotta be a man to play baseball for a living, but you gotta have a lot of little boy in you, too.” – Roy Campanella
- “Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.” – Warren Spahn
- “The pitcher throws to the batter, but the batter doesn’t swing at the pitcher.” – Yogi Berra
- “Baseball is like driving, it’s the one who gets home safely that counts.” – Tommy Lasorda
- “The two most important things in life are good friends and a strong bullpen.” – Bob Lemon
- “Baseball is a game of inches and so is life.” – Unknown
- “Baseball is a game of inches, and sometimes centimeters.” – Unknown
- “I’ve never been a big fan of doing what you’re supposed to do.” – Hank Aaron
- “Baseball is not a sport you can achieve individually.” – Curt Schilling
- “I don’t believe in team motivation. I believe in getting a team prepared so it knows it will have the necessary confidence when it steps on the field and be prepared to play a good game.” – Tom Landry
- “You don’t save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain.” – Leo Durocher
- “The most important pitch in baseball is the next one.” – Greg Maddux
- “Good players inspire themselves, great players inspire others.” – Unknown
- “In baseball, you can’t kill time without injuring eternity.” – Warren Zevon
- “I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me. All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.” – Jackie Robinson
- “I think about baseball when I wake up in the morning. I think about it all day and I dream about it at night. The only time I don’t think about it is when I’m playing it.” – Carl Yastrzemski
- “Baseball is a game of inches.” – Branch Rickey
- “The difference between the old ballplayer and the new ballplayer is the jersey. The old ballplayer cared about the name on the front. The new ballplayer cares about the name on the back.” – Steve Garvey
- “I never thought home runs were all that exciting. I still think the triple is the most exciting thing in baseball. To me, a triple is like a guy taking the ball on his 1-yard line and running 99 yards for a touchdown.” – Hank Aaron
- “I never knew how to throw a curveball.” – Sandy Koufax
- “The game has a cleanness. If you do a good job, the numbers say so. You don’t have to ask anyone or play politics. You don’t have to wait for the reviews.” – Sandy Koufax
- “I don’t want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.” – Rogers Hornsby
- “Baseball is a game of inches, and sometimes centimeters.” – Unknown
- “A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.” – Earl Wilson
- “I’m not afraid to die. I just don’t want to be there when it happens.” – Woody Allen
- “Baseball is a game of inches, and sometimes millimeters.” – Unknown
- “Baseball is a game of inches, and sometimes it’s about luck.” – Unknown
- “Baseball is a game of inches, and sometimes it’s about inches.” – Unknown
- “Baseball is a game of inches, and sometimes it’s