305 Baseball Quotes To Inspire You In 2024 (Updated)

Today We put together a list of the best inspirational quotes for your baseball business, that are loved and highly shared throughout our Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook pages.

These baseball quotes are those little reminders we all need every now and then and some are powerful enough to inspire us for the whole week.

Here Are the 60 Most Inspiring Baseball Quotes

“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” — Babe Ruth
“Baseball was, is, and always will be to me the best game in the world.” — Babe Ruth
“Never allow the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.” — Babe Ruth
“The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is to lose.” — Ernie Banks
“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
“Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” — Babe Ruth
“The greatest feeling in the world is to win a major league game.” — Jackie Robinson
“Baseball is a love, but football is a passion.” — Red Smith
“The game has a cleanness. If you do a good job, the numbers say so.” — Jim Murray
“You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possibly be.” — George Herman “Babe” Ruth
“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
“I never smile when I have a bat in my hands. That’s when you’ve got to be serious.” — Hank Aaron
“In baseball and in business, there are three types of people. Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen, and those who wonder what happened.” — Tommy Lasorda
“Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he’s losing; nobody wants you to quit when you’re ahead.” — Jackie Robinson
“Baseball is the only place in life where a sacrifice is really appreciated.” — Unknown
“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
“It’s a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square.” — Pete Rose
“Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.” — Arnold H. Glasow
“You can’t beat the person who never gives up.” — Babe Ruth
“There may be people that have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.” — Derek Jeter
“When you step into the batter’s box, have nothing on your mind except baseball.” — Pete Rose
“It’s a great day for a ball game; let’s play two!” — Ernie Banks
“The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime.” — Babe Ruth
“The only thing better than a long home run is a long home run that’s fair.” — Bob Uecker
“You have to have a lot of little boy in you to play baseball for a living.” — Roy Campanella
“The game isn’t over till it’s over.” — Yogi Berra
“The hardest thing to do in baseball is to hit a round baseball with a round bat, squarely.” — Ted Williams
“The baseball field is a really good place to give your worries to God.” — Unknown
“Don’t let the fear of striking out hold you back.” — Babe Ruth
“You owe it to yourself to be the best you can be.” — Unknown
“The future doesn’t belong to the faint-hearted, it belongs to the brave.” — Ronald Reagan
“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
“I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it.” — Sandy Koufax
“You don’t save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain.” — Leo Durocher
“The most important thing I have learned in baseball is to be as consistent as possible.” — Don Mattingly
“You can’t think and hit at the same time.” — Yogi Berra
“Baseball is more than a game to me, it’s a religion.” — Bill Klem
“The only thing I can do is play baseball. I have to play ball.” — Pete Rose
“The great thing about baseball is there’s a crisis every day.” — Gabe Paul
“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
“Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand.” — Leo Durocher
“I’ve found that you don’t need to wear a necktie if you can hit.” — Ted Williams
“The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is to lose.” — Ernie Banks
“I never doubted my ability, but when you hear all your life you’re inferior, it makes you wonder if the other guys have something you’ve never seen before. If they do, I’m still looking for it.” — Joe DiMaggio
“When you’re in a slump, it’s almost as if you look out at the field and it’s one big glove.” — Vance Law
“Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It’s no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out.” — Ty Cobb
“The game is designed to break your heart.” — A. Bartlett Giamatti
“There’s no crying in baseball!” — Tom Hanks in “A League of Their Own”
“Baseball is the only thing beside the paper clip that hasn’t changed.” — Bill Veeck
“You can’t hit what you can’t see.” — Walter Johnson
“When I was coming up, I just wanted to play baseball and I’m doing what I love to do most. How can I feel pressure doing what I love to do?” — Barry Bonds
“I don’t want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.” — Rogers Hornsby
“Pitching is 80% of the game and the other half is hitting and fielding.” — Mickey Rivers
“When we lose, I eat. When we win, I eat. I also eat when we’re rained out.” — Tommy Lasorda
“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
“I’m not an athlete; I’m a baseball player.” — John Kruk
“I’ve never questioned the integrity of an umpire. Their eyesight, yes.” — Leo Durocher
“You know you’re pitching well when the batters look as bad as you do at the plate.” — Duke Snider
“To succeed in baseball, you need a lot of luck, but you also need a lot of practice.” — Willie Stargell
“Baseball is a team sport played by individuals for themselves.” — Joe Torre
“It’s a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square.” — Pete Rose
“Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand.” — Leo Durocher
“In baseball, there’s always the next day.” — Ryne Sandberg
“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
“You can’t hit what you can’t see.” — Walter Johnson
“There’s no crying in baseball!” — Tom Hanks in “A League of Their Own”
“Baseball is the only thing beside the paper clip that hasn’t changed.” — Bill Veeck
“Pitching is 80% of the game and the other half is hitting and fielding.” — Mickey Rivers
“Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It’s no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out.” — Ty Cobb
“The game is designed to break your heart.” — A. Bartlett Giamatti

Top 50 Best Baseball Quotes

“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” — Babe Ruth
“Baseball was, is, and always will be to me the best game in the world.” — Babe Ruth
“Never allow the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.” — Babe Ruth
“The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is to lose.” — Ernie Banks
“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
“Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” — Babe Ruth
“The greatest feeling in the world is to win a major league game.” — Jackie Robinson
“Baseball is a love, but football is a passion.” — Red Smith
“The game has a cleanness. If you do a good job, the numbers say so.” — Jim Murray
“You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possibly be.” — George Herman “Babe” Ruth
“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 and in business, there are three types of people. Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen, and those who wonder what happened.” — Tommy Lasorda
“Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he’s losing; nobody wants you to quit when you’re ahead.” — Jackie Robinson
“Baseball is the only place in life where a sacrifice is really appreciated.” — Unknown
“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
“It’s a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square.” — Pete Rose
“Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.” — Arnold H. Glasow
“You can’t beat the person who never gives up.” — Babe Ruth
“There may be people that have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.” — Derek Jeter
“When you step into the batter’s box, have nothing on your mind except baseball.” — Pete Rose
“It’s a great day for a ball game; let’s play two!” — Ernie Banks
“The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime.” — Babe Ruth
“The only thing better than a long home run is a long home run that’s fair.” — Bob Uecker
“You have to have a lot of little boy in you to play baseball for a living.” — Roy Campanella
“The game isn’t over till it’s over.” — Yogi Berra
“The hardest thing to do in baseball is to hit a round baseball with a round bat, squarely.” — Ted Williams
“The baseball field is a really good place to give your worries to God.” — Unknown
“Don’t let the fear of striking out hold you back.” — Babe Ruth
“You owe it to yourself to be the best you can be.” — Unknown
“The future doesn’t belong to the faint-hearted, it belongs to the brave.” — Ronald Reagan
“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
“I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it.” — Sandy Koufax
“You don’t save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain.” — Leo Durocher
“The most important thing I have learned in baseball is to be as consistent as possible.” — Don Mattingly
“You can’t think and hit at the same time.” — Yogi Berra
“Baseball is more than a game to me, it’s a religion.” — Bill Klem
“The only thing I can do is play baseball. I have to play ball.” — Pete Rose
“The great thing about baseball is there’s a crisis every day.” — Gabe Paul
“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
“Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand.” — Leo Durocher
“I’ve found that you don’t need to wear a necktie if you can hit.” — Ted Williams
“The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is to lose.” — Ernie Banks
“I never doubted my ability, but when you hear all your life you’re inferior, it makes you wonder if the other guys have something you’ve never seen before. If they do, I’m still looking for it.” — Joe DiMaggio
“When you’re in a slump, it’s almost as if you look out at the field and it’s one big glove.” — Vance Law
“Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It’s no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out.” — Ty Cobb
“The game is designed to break your heart.” — A. Bartlett Giamatti
“There’s no crying in baseball!” — Tom Hanks in “A League of Their Own”
“Baseball is the only thing beside the paper clip that hasn’t changed.” — Bill Veeck
“You can’t hit what you can’t see.” — Walter Johnson
“When I was coming up, I just wanted to play baseball and I’m doing what I love to do most. How can I feel pressure doing what I love to do?” — Barry Bonds

Short Baseball Quotes For Instagram

“It ain’t over ’til it’s over.” — Yogi Berra
“Baseball is 90% mental and the other half is physical.” — Yogi Berra
“Pitching is the art of instilling fear.” — Sandy Koufax
“You can’t hit what you can’t see.” — Walter Johnson
“Baseball is a game of inches.” — Branch Rickey
“Baseball is the only thing beside the paper clip that hasn’t changed.” — Bill Veeck
“Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand.” — Leo Durocher
“Baseball is a lot like life, it’s a day-to-day existence.” — Ernie Harwell
“The great thing about baseball is there’s a crisis every day.” — Gabe Paul
“Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men.” — Ty Cobb
“Baseball is more than a game to me, it’s a religion.” — Bill Klem
“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 game has a cleanness. If you do a good job, the numbers say so.” — Jim Murray
“Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he’s losing; nobody wants you to quit when you’re ahead.” — Jackie Robinson
“The only thing better than a long home run is a long home run that’s fair.” — Bob Uecker
“Baseball is a love, but football is a passion.” — Red Smith
“Baseball is the only place in life where a sacrifice is really appreciated.” — Unknown
“The future doesn’t belong to the faint-hearted, it belongs to the brave.” — Ronald Reagan
“You can’t be afraid to make errors! You can’t be afraid to be naked before the crowd.” — Lou Brock
“Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.” — Arnold H. Glasow
“I don’t want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.” — Rogers Hornsby
“Baseball is the only thing I know.” — Roberto Clemente
“The game is designed to break your heart.” — A. Bartlett Giamatti
“You owe it to yourself to be the best you can be.” — George Herman “Babe” Ruth
“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
“There’s no crying in baseball!” — Tom Hanks in “A League of Their Own”
“Baseball is like driving, it’s the one who gets home safely that counts.” — Tommy Lasorda
“In baseball, you don’t know nothing.” — Yogi Berra
“Baseball was made for kids, and grown-ups only screw it up.” — Bob Lemon
“The two most important things in life are good friends and a strong bullpen.” — Bob Lemon
“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 you like except in the umpire’s eye or on the ball.” — James Patrick Murray
“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” — Babe Ruth
“When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” — Yogi Berra
“I didn’t mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.” — Babe Ruth
“I always thought that record would stand until it was broken.” — Yogi Berra
“I never said most of the things I said.” — Yogi Berra
“You can’t hit and think at the same time.” — Yogi Berra
“If people don’t want to come out to the ball park, nobody’s gonna stop ’em.” — Yogi Berra
“It’s deja vu all over again.” — Yogi Berra
“I’ve learned that you can’t have good ideas unless you’re willing to generate a lot of bad ones.” — Seth Godin
“I’ve found that you don’t need to wear a necktie if you can hit.” — Ted Williams
“It’s a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square.” — Pete Rose
“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 a game of inches.” — Branch Rickey
“You can’t hit what you can’t see.” — Walter Johnson
“The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is to lose.” — Ernie Banks
“The only thing I can do is play baseball. I have to play ball.” — Pete Rose
“The game is designed to break your heart.” — A. Bartlett Giamatti
“I was the worst hitter ever. I never even broke a bat until last year when I was backing out of the garage.” — Bob Uecker
“There’s no such thing as a natural-born hitter. I became a good hitter by hitting fungoes.” — Ted Williams

Famous Baseball Quotes

“It ain’t over ’til it’s over.” — Yogi Berra
“Baseball was, is, and always will be to me the best game in the world.” — Babe Ruth
“The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is to lose.” — Ernie Banks
“The greatest feeling in the world is to win a major league game.” — Jackie Robinson
“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
“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
“It’s a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square.” — Pete Rose
“Baseball is more than a game to me, it’s a religion.” — Bill Klem
“Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It’s no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out.” — Ty Cobb
“The game is designed to break your heart.” — A. Bartlett Giamatti
“There’s no crying in baseball!” — Tom Hanks in “A League of Their Own”
“In baseball, you don’t know nothing.” — Yogi Berra
“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” — Babe Ruth
“If people don’t want to come out to the ball park, nobody’s gonna stop ’em.” — Yogi Berra
“The only thing I can do is play baseball. I have to play ball.” — Pete Rose
“I never said most of the things I said.” — Yogi Berra
“You can’t hit and think at the same time.” — Yogi Berra
“It’s déjà vu all over again.” — Yogi Berra
“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 a game of inches.” — Branch Rickey
“You can’t hit what you can’t see.” — Walter Johnson
“The two most important things in life are good friends and a strong bullpen.” — Bob Lemon
“You owe it to yourself to be the best you can be.” — George Herman “Babe” Ruth
“The great thing about baseball is there’s a crisis every day.” — Gabe Paul
“The most important thing I have learned in baseball is to be as consistent as possible.” — Don Mattingly
“Baseball is the only thing I know.” — Roberto Clemente
“Baseball is a lot like life, it’s a day-to-day existence.” — Ernie Harwell
“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 you like except in the umpire’s eye or on the ball.” — James Patrick Murray
“Pitching is the art of instilling fear.” — Sandy Koufax
“Baseball is 90% mental and the other half is physical.” — Yogi Berra

Positive Quotes For Baseball

“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
“Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.” — Arnold H. Glasow
“You owe it to yourself to be the best you can be.” — George Herman “Babe” Ruth
“The future doesn’t belong to the faint-hearted, it belongs to the brave.” — Ronald Reagan
“The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is to lose.” — Ernie Banks
“Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” — Babe Ruth
“The greatest feeling in the world is to win a major league game.” — Jackie Robinson
“Baseball is more than a game to me, it’s a religion.” — Bill Klem
“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 you like except in the umpire’s eye or on the ball.” — James Patrick Murray
“In baseball, there’s always the next day.” — Ryne Sandberg
“You can’t hit what you can’t see.” — Walter Johnson
“It’s a great day for a ball game; let’s play two!” — Ernie Banks
“Baseball is a lot like life, it’s a day-to-day existence.” — Ernie Harwell
“I’ve learned that you can’t have good ideas unless you’re willing to generate a lot of bad ones.” — Seth Godin
“The great thing about baseball is there’s a crisis every day.” — Gabe Paul
“Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men.” — Ty Cobb
“The game has a cleanness. If you do a good job, the numbers say so.” — Jim Murray
“Baseball is like driving, it’s the one who gets home safely that counts.” — Tommy Lasorda
“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” — Babe Ruth
“When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” — Yogi Berra
“I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it.” — Sandy Koufax
“The game is designed to break your heart.” — A. Bartlett Giamatti
“Baseball is a team sport played by individuals for themselves.” — Joe Torre
“There’s no crying in baseball!” — Tom Hanks in “A League of Their Own”
“Baseball is a green oasis in the desert of our lives.” — George Will
“Baseball is a universe as large as life itself, and therefore all things in life, whether good or bad, whether tragic or comic, fall within its domain.” — Paul Auster
“Baseball was made for kids, and grown-ups only screw it up.” — Bob Lemon
“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
“Baseball is a love, but football is a passion.” — Red Smith
“The most important thing I have learned in baseball is to be as consistent as possible.” — Don Mattingly
“I don’t want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.” — Rogers Hornsby
“The only thing I can do is play baseball. I have to play ball.” — Pete Rose
“I never doubted my ability, but when you hear all your life you’re inferior, it makes you wonder if the other guys have something you’ve never seen before. If they do, I’m still looking for it.” — Joe DiMaggio
“You don’t save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain.” — Leo Durocher
“Baseball is a green field and a bat and ball.” — Tom Wolfe
“Baseball is a game, yes. It is also a business. But what is most truly is is disguised combat. For all its gentility, its almost leisurely pace, baseball is violence under wraps.” — Willie Mays
“In baseball, as in life, all the important things happen at home.” — Unknown
“The only thing you can do is sit back and watch it fly.” — Ken Griffey Jr.
“Baseball was, is, and always will be to me the best game in the world.” — Babe Ruth
“It’s all about the fun. If you’re not having fun, you’re doing it the wrong way.” — Brandon McCarthy
“Baseball is reassuring. It makes me feel as if the world is not going to blow up.” — Sharon Olds
“Baseball is a team sport played by individuals for themselves.” — Joe Torre
“Baseball is the most perfect of games, solid, true, pure and precious as diamonds. If only life were so simple. Within the baselines anything can happen. Tides can reverse; oceans can open. That’s why they say, ‘the game is never over until the last man is out.'” — W. P. Kinsella
“In baseball and in life, the difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is just the timing.” — John C. Maxwell
“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
“There’s nothing bad that accrues from baseball.” — Doris Kearns Goodwin
“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
“Baseball is more than a game to me, it’s a religion.” — Bill Klem
“Baseball is reassuring. It makes me feel as if the world is not going to blow up.” — Sharon Olds
“In baseball, as in life, all the important things happen at home.” — Unknown

Funny Baseball Quotes

“It ain’t over ’til it’s over.” — Yogi Berra
“I never said most of the things I said.” — Yogi Berra
“You can observe a lot by just watching.” — Yogi Berra
“The future ain’t what it used to be.” — Yogi Berra
“If the people don’t want to come out to the ballpark, nobody’s going to stop them.” — Yogi Berra
“Baseball is 90% mental. The other half is physical.” — Yogi Berra
“It’s like déjà vu all over again.” — Yogi Berra
“I always thought that record would stand until it was broken.” — Yogi Berra
“You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you are going, because you might not get there.” — Yogi Berra
“I usually take a two-hour nap from one to four.” — Yogi Berra
“It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” — Yogi Berra
“I can see how he (Sandy Koufax) won 25 games. What I don’t understand is how he lost five.” — Yogi Berra
“Why buy good luggage? You only use it when you travel.” — Yogi Berra
“We made too many wrong mistakes.” — Yogi Berra
“It’s never happened in the World Series competition, and it still hasn’t.” — Yogi Berra
“You don’t have to swing hard to hit a home run. If you got the timing, it’ll go.” — Yogi Berra
“So I’m ugly. I never saw anyone hit with his face.” — Yogi Berra
“The only reason I don’t like playing in the World Series is I can’t watch myself play.” — Reggie Jackson
“When they start the game, they don’t yell, ‘Work ball.’ They say, ‘Play ball.'” — Willie Stargell
“I’d walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball.” — Pete Rose
“I swing big, with everything I’ve got. I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can.” — ** Babe Ruth**
“I’m convinced that every time a player goes on the disabled list, a little piece of his spirit dies.” — Bart Giamatti
“The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round.” — Gaylord Perry
“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 damn plate and give the other man his chance. That’s why baseball is the greatest game of them all.” — Earl Weaver
“I don’t want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.” — Rogers Hornsby
“I’m not an athlete; I’m a baseball player.” — John Kruk
“I’m not a power hitter. I’m a power, hitter.” — Reggie Jackson
“If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant’s life, she will choose to save the infant’s life without even considering if there are men on base.” — Dave Barry
“I’ve found that you don’t need to wear a necktie if you can hit.” — Ted Williams
“Baseball is 90% mental and the other half is physical.” — Yogi Berra
“Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand.” — Leo Durocher
“The trouble with women umpires is that I couldn’t argue with one. I’d put my arms around her and give her a little kiss.” — Casey Stengel
“I’ve been called the Michael Jordan of bad golf.” — Charles Barkley
“I have a great relationship with the Hispanics. We have tremendous numbers of Hispanics working at the Trump Organization. I’m very close to the Mexican people.” — Donald Trump (Note: This quote was made by Donald Trump, not related to baseball, but it’s often mentioned humorously in the context of baseball.)
“I’m glad I don’t play anymore. I could never learn all of those handshakes.” — Phil Rizzuto
“Baseball is a skilled game. It’s America’s game – it, and high taxes.” — Will Rogers
“The way to make coaches think you’re in shape in the spring is to get a tan.” — Whitey Ford
“If I stayed healthy, I could have had a good career. I was fast; I could catch everything in the outfield. But when I threw a ball, it went somewhere, and that’s a problem.” — Dion James
“He (Willie Stargell) treats us like men. He lets us wear earrings.” — Manny Sanguillen
“I have seen enough to know that I have seen too much.” — Dan Quisenberry
“You don’t need a shoulder to cry on.” — Reggie Jackson
“If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing your grandmother with her teeth out.” — George Brett
“Half this game is ninety percent mental.” — Yogi Berra
“I’d be willing to bet you, if I was a betting man, that I have never bet on baseball.” — Pete Rose
“They don’t think it be like it is, but it do.” — Oscar Gamble
“When they start the game, they don’t yell, ‘Work ball.’ They say, ‘Play ball.'” — Willie Stargell
“I have a lot of respect for Richie Allen. He was a great ballplayer. That’s a lot of bull he took for 10 years. He was better than (Jackie) Robinson, and he’s not in the Hall of Fame.” — Eddie Mathews
“You don’t save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain.” — Leo Durocher
“I want to thank everyone for making this night necessary.” — Yogi Berra
“In baseball, you don’t know nothing.” — Yogi Berra

My Personal Favourite Baseball Quotes

“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” — Babe Ruth
“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 game is designed to break your heart.” — A. Bartlett Giamatti
“Baseball is more than a game to me, it’s a religion.” — Bill Klem
“You can’t hit what you can’t see.” — Walter Johnson
“The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is to lose.” — Ernie Banks
“It ain’t over ’til it’s over.” — Yogi Berra
“Baseball is a lot like life, it’s a day-to-day existence.” — Ernie Harwell
“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 you like except in the umpire’s eye or on the ball.” — James Patrick Murray
“You don’t save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain.” — Leo Durocher

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