"When you get up to the plate, nobody’s there to help you. You’ve got to do this on your own."
- Ichiro Suzuki
Independence
"A winner is somebody who goes out there every day and exhausts himself trying to get something accomplished."
- Joe Torre
Ambition
"You may not think you’re going to make it. You may want to quit. But if you keep your eye on the ball, you can accomplish anything."
- Hank Aaron
Perseverance
"Nobody wanted me. Scouts told me to go to school, to forget baseball. Coaches said, ‘You’re never going to make it.’ I appreciated their honesty because I think when someone tells you something you may not like, you have to use that as fuel for motivation."
- Mike Piazza
Adversity
"Never allow the circumstances of your life to become an excuse. People will allow you to do it. But I believe we have a personal obligation to make the most of the abilities we have."
- Jim Abbott
Empowerment
"To succeed in baseball, as in life, you must make adjustments."
- Ken Griffey Jr.
Adaptation
"Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game."
- Babe Ruth
Courage
"Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is."
- Bullet Bob Feller
Growth
"There are so many people out there who will tell you that you can’t. What you’ve got to do is turn about and say ‘Watch me’."
- Bryce Harper
Boldness
"The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination."
- Tommy Lasorda
Determination
"What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle, and giving 110 percent all the time."
- Don Zimmer
Determination
"There may be people that have more talent than you, but there is no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do."
- Derek Jeter
Determination
"You can’t let the failures get you down. Learn from them, stay positive, and never give up."
- Buster Posey
Resilience
"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful."
- Albert Pujols
Happiness
"One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something."
- Nolan Ryan
Courage
"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
"The catcher is the leader, the agile athlete who can think as well as react."
- Mike Piazza
Leadership
"The catcher is like a brave captain facing the foes."
- John McGraw
Leadership
"A good catcher is the quarterback, the carburetor, the lead dog, the pulse taker, the traffic cop and sometimes a lot of unprintable things, but no team gets very far without one."
- Miller Huggins
Teamwork
"A bad catcher can make a great staff average. And a good catcher can make an average staff great."
- Robby Wine
Teamwork
"You have to have a lot of little boy in you to play baseball for a living."
- Roy Campanella
Joy
"Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world."
- Babe Ruth
Love
"When they knock you down, you not only have to get up, but you have to make it clear that you won't be knocked down a second time."
- Carl Yastrzemski
Courage
"The only difference between me and those other great Yankees is my skin color."
- Elston Howard
Awareness
"If you’re not practicing, somebody else is, somewhere, and he’ll be ready to take your job."
- Brooks Robinson
Determination
"If a ballplayer is satisfied, he’s going to slip. You have to keep fighting to improve."
- Nellie Fox
Personal Growth
"Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way."
- Satchel Paige
Resilience
"I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back."
- Maya Angelou
Reflection