Baseball Inspirational Quotes

#1. During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at bats a season. That means I played seven years without ever hitting the ball.

Mickey Mantle

#2. While baseball and parties can help, the only thing that heals a broken heart is time.

Josh Radnor

#3. NO MAN CAN AVOID BEING BORN AVERAGE, BUT NO MAN HAS TO STAY AVERAGE.

Satchel Paige

#4. Swing hard in case you hit it.

Dan Marino

#5. Sir, your baseball career may be over. You need to find a new profession. Gatewood answered, I've heard that before. (He had always come back. He would prove them wrong again.) (From Love and Death at the Encierro)

Hal Graff

#6. A man has to have goals - for a day, for a lifetime - and that was mine, to have people say, 'There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived.

Ted Willams

#7. The first rule of baseball is to get a good ball to hit.

Rogers Hornsby

#8. In our beautiful memory
We were all handsome
We could all sing
We all had the heart
Of the prettiest girl in town
And we all hit .300

John Buck O'Neil

#9. Ninety percent of baseball is mental, the other half is physical.

Yogi Berra

#10. A bit of baseball wisdom: You can't steal second with your foot on first.

Tony Robbins

#11. If you don't think too good, don't think too much.

Ted Williams

#12. She's learned it's largely a matter of being willing to ask the next question. She's met the very Mexican who first wore his baseball cap backward, asking the next question.

William Gibson

#13. I'm glad I don't play anymore. I could never learn all those handshakes.

Phil Rizzuto