Inspirational Baseball Quotes: A Home Run Collection to Motivate and Uplift

"Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game."

- Babe Ruth

"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

"Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are doing."

- Javier Báez

"I feel that the most important requirement in success is learning to overcome failure. You must learn to tolerate it, but never accept it."

- Reggie Jackson

"My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging."

- Hank Aaron

"It ain’t over till it’s over."

- Yogi Berra

"Baseball is a game of failure. It's about how you respond to it that matters."

- Alex Rodriguez

"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

"Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way."

- Satchel Paige

"You can’t let the failures get you down. Learn from them, stay positive, and never give up."

- Buster Posey

"When you’ve learned to believe in yourself, there’s no telling how good a player you can be. That’s because you have the mental edge."

- Rod Karew

"I was told I would never make it because I’m too short. Well, I’m still too short, but I’ve got 10 All-Star games, two World Series championships, and I’m a very happy and contented guy. It doesn’t matter what your height is, it’s what’s in your heart."

- Kirby Puckett

"Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there."

- Bo Jackson

"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

"You don't just accidentally show up in the World Series."

- Anthony Rizzo

"If you’re not practicing, somebody else is, somewhere, and he’ll be ready to take your job."

- Brooks Robinson

"You can't worry about what people say about you. You just have to go out and do your job, and that's what I focus on."

- Manny Machado

"I'm not afraid to fail. I'm not afraid to fall over and make a mistake."

- Dustin Pedroia

"I don't care about three hits in a game; I care about going 3-for-4 and helping the team win."

- Christian Yelich

"I want to be the best. I want to be the best at what I do."

- Cody Bellinger

"You've got to love the process."

- Mike Soroka

"You've got to have that edge to compete at the highest level."

- Gerrit Cole

"There's always room for improvement, no matter how long you've been in the game."

- Justin Verlander

"If you have a bad day in baseball, and start thinking about it, you will have 10 more."

- Sammy Sosa

"Remember two things: play hard and have fun."

- Tony Gwynn

"It isn’t hard to be good from time to time in sports. What is tough is being good every day"

- Willie Mays

"It's not about the name on the back of the jersey; it's about the name on the front."

- David Wright

"A winner is somebody who goes out there every day and exhausts himself trying to get something accomplished.."

- Joe Torre

"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

"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

"If you’re not practicing, somebody else is, somewhere, and he’ll be ready to take your job. I want people to expect more from me because I expect more. If you don’t set goals high, you’re not trying."

- Todd Helton

"To succeed in baseball, as in life, you must make adjustments."

- Ken Griffey Jr.

"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

"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball."

- Pete Rose

"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

"The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination"

- Tommy LaSorda

"What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle, and giving 110 percent all the time."

- Don Zimmer

"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

"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 always try to do the best I can in every at-bat, every game. Just try to be consistent."

- Mike Trout

"Do what you love to do and give it your very best. Whether it’s business or baseball, or the theater, or any field. If you don’t love what you’re doing and you can’t give it your best, get out of it. Life is too short."

- Al Lopez

"When I played ball, I didn’t play for fun… It’s no pink tea, and Mollycoddles had better stay out. It’s a contest and everything that implies, a struggle for supremacy, a survival of the fittest."

- Ty Cobb

"A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example."

- Joe DiMaggio

"If a ballplayer is satisfied, he’s going to slip. You have to keep fighting to improve."

- Nellie Fox

"When you get up to the plate, nobody’s there to help you. You’ve got to do this on your own."

- Ichiro Suzuki

"When you come to a fork in the road, take it."

- Yogi Berra

"Baseball was, is, and always will be the best game in the world to me."

- Babe Ruth

"Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher."

- Ty Cobb

"Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time.'"

- Mickey Mantle

"Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt. Only by being open to change will you have a true opportunity to get the most from your talent."

- Nolan Ryan

"It's not what you achieve, it's what you overcome. That's what defines your career."

- Carlton Fisk

"People out there said I was too small. It's those kinds of moments that pushed me to be where I'm at right now."

- Tim Lincecum

"Why does everyone talk about the past? All that counts is tomorrow's game."

- Roberto Clemente

"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 7 years without ever hitting the ball."

- Mickey Mantle

"You can’t get real happy or real depressed when you play baseball. Baseball is a great sport in that it offers a player a lot of opportunities for atonement."

- Mike Piazza

"Play this game like the 8-year-old you used to be, dreaming to play in the show. Heart, passion, and fire! Remember where you came from."

- Bryce Harper

"I’d walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball."

- Pete Rose

"If my uniform doesn’t get dirty, I haven’t done anything in the baseball game."

- Rickey Henderson

"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

"There is no time to fool around when you practice. Every drill must have a purpose."

- Albert Pujols

"Whenever I get into a tough situation…I think of growing up, and I say, ‘This situation won’t be the worst one I’ve ever been in."

- Billy Wagner

"A winner is somebody who goes out there every day and exhausts himself trying to get something accomplished."

- Joe Torre

"There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first or last time, I owe him my best."

- Joe DiMaggio

"Competing at the highest level is not about winning. It’s about preparation, courage, understanding, and nurturing your people, and heart. Winning is the result."

- Joe Torre

"You can't let the highs be too high and the lows be too low."

- Ryan Howard

"You can observe a lot by just watching."

- Yogi Berra

"Baseball is 90% mental and the other half is physical."

- Yogi Berra

"You've got to have fun. Regardless of how you feel inside, you've got to project positive energy."

- Manny Ramirez

"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

"The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all."

- Lou Gehrig

"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 aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end."

- Tom Seaver

"If my uniform doesn't get dirty, I haven't done anything in the baseball game."

- Rickey Henderson

"I don’t fraternize with players when it’s time to hit. I’m preparing for the game. It’s the most important time of the day."

- Albert Belle

"The best pitchers have a short-term memory and a bulletproof confidence."

- Greg Maddux

"Winning depends on where you put your priorities. It’s usually best to put them over the fence."

- Jason Giambi

"Slumps are like a soft bed. They’re easy to get into and hard to get out of."

- Johnny Bench

"Pitching is the art of instilling fear."

- Sandy Koufax

"People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."

- Rogers Hornsby

"I played my best every day. You never know when someone may be seeing you play for the first time."

- Joe DiMaggio

"Never permit the pressure to exceed the pleasure."

- Joe Maddon

"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 game, and that’s how I am going to treat it."

- Ken Griffey Jr.

"I like to be against the odds. I’m not afraid to be lonely at the top."

- Barry Bonds

"Never say never in this game because crazy stuff can happen."

- Mark Buehrle

"Playing baseball for a living is like having a license to steal."

- Pete Rose

"You have to have a lot of little boy in you to play baseball for a living."

- Roy Campanella

"I think I was the best baseball player I ever saw."

- Willie Mays

"That's the beautiful thing about baseball. You can be any size and be successful."

- Andrew Benintendi

"Baseball is like church. Many attend, but few understand."

- Leo Ernest Durocher

"There are only two seasons: winter and baseball."

- Bill Veeck, Jr.

"Close don’t count in baseball. Close only counts in horseshoes and grenades."

- Frank Robinson

"Fans don't boo nobodies."

- Reggie Jackson

"It ain't nothin' till I call it."

- William 'Bill' Klem

"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball."

- Jacques Barzun

"Close doesn't count in baseball. Close only counts in horseshoes and grenades."

- Frank Robinson

"Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona."

- George F. Will

"A hot dog at the game beats roast beef at the Ritz."

- Humphrey Bogart