100+ Baseball Quotes – Short & Inspirational Sayings about Baseball

Looking for top and best baseball quotes and sayings about baseball? if yes then here we have a great list of 133 inspirational baseball quotes which you can read and share with your friends. Just get the inspiration you need for playing baseball but reading these baseball sayings from celebrities:

100+ Baseball Quotes

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1. Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical. Yogi Berra

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

3. Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too. Yogi Berra

4. Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets. Yogi Berra

5. You could be a kid for as long as you want when you play baseball. Cal Ripken, Jr.

6. Baseball is like church. Many attend few understand. Leo Durocher

7. There are only two seasons – winter and Baseball. Bill Veeck

8. Baseball is not a sport you can achieve individually. Curt Schilling

9. Well, baseball was my whole life. Nothing’s ever been as fun as baseball. Mickey Mantle

10. Baseball is like driving, it’s the one who gets home safely that counts. Tommy Lasorda

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

12. I’d walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball. Pete Rose

13. There are three things you can do in a baseball game. You can win, or you can lose, or it can rain. Casey Stengel

14. Baseball has been very good to me. Roberto Clemente

15. Baseball is more than a game. It’s like life played out on a field. Juliana Hatfield

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

17. It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated. Jackie Robinson

18. People who write about spring training not being necessary have never tried to throw a baseball. Sandy Koufax

19. Cricket is basically baseball on valium. Robin Williams

20. I guess my thermometer for my baseball fever is still a goose bump. Vin Scully

21. I’d rather be a good person off the field than a good baseball player on the field. Bryce Harper

22. The only change is that baseball has turned Paige from a second class citizen to a second class immortal. Satchel Paige

23. It’s no secret what’s going on in baseball. At least half the players are using steroids. Ken Caminiti

24. When baseball is no longer fun, it’s no longer a game. Joe DiMaggio

25. The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers. Earl Weaver

26. 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

27. The thing I like about baseball is that it’s one-on-one. You stand up there alone, and if you make a mistake, it’s your mistake. If you hit a home run, it’s your home run. Hank Aaron

28. To me, baseball has always been a reflection of life. Like life, it adjusts. It survives everything. Willie Stargell

29. There is no room in baseball for discrimination. It is our national pastime and a game for all. Lou Gehrig

30. If it wasn’t for baseball, I’d be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery. Babe Ruth

31. I really love the togetherness in baseball. That’s a real true love. Billy Martin

32. No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball. Casey Stengel

33. Baseball can be slow in many ways. The action starts with when the pitcher delivers the ball. But the action really starts when the crack of the bat happens. Cal Ripken, Jr.

34. I’m not an athlete, I’m a baseball player. John Kruk

35. I owe baseball. Baseball don’t owe me a damn thing. Pete Rose

36. The best thing about baseball is there’s no homework. Dan Quisenberry

37. I think that baseball games are like soap operas. If you watch five in a row, you know enough to get hooked. Jennifer Garner

38. For me, baseball is the most nourishing game outside of literature. They both are re-tellings of human experience. A. Bartlett Giamatti

39. Baseball is dull only to dull minds. Red Barber

40. Baseball gives a growing boy self poise and self reliance. Al Spalding

41. Baseball represents family. It represents my childhood. Alyssa Milano

42. Individual statistics, plate time and everything tend to come, but the most enjoyment I get out of baseball is actually winning. Chili Davis

43. Baseball changes through the years. It gets milder. Babe Ruth

44. The more you play baseball, the less depends on your athletic ability. It’s a mental war more than anything. Alex Rodriguez

45. Defense to me is the key to playing baseball. Willie Mays

46. Tipping your hat to a lady is good form. If you’re at a dinner table, you’d most certainly take your hat off – cowboy hat, baseball hat, or otherwise. Lyle Lovett

47. I couldn’t ask for better teammates, and the Pirate fans are the greatest in baseball. Roberto Clemente

48. It’s a beautiful thing, baseball. Miguel Cabrera

49. Other kids went out and beat each other up or played baseball, and I built electronics. Robert Moog

50. In baseball, you don’t know nothing. Yogi Berra

51. Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can’t get you off. Bill Veeck

52. It was all I lived for, to play baseball. Mickey Mantle

53. Some say our national pastime is baseball. Not me. It’s gossip. Erma Bombeck

54. If you’re going to play at all, you’re out to win. Baseball, board games, playing Jeopardy, I hate to lose. Derek Jeter

55. Never bet on baseball. Pete Rose

56. The only thing I can do is play baseball. I have to play ball. It’s the only thing I know. Mickey Mantle

57. You can’t second-guess baseball. You can’t second-guess yourself. Mariano Rivera

58. Baseball and malaria keep coming back. Gene Mauch

59. If I didn’t make it in baseball, I won’t have made it workin’. I didn’t like to work. Yogi Berra

60. No former player has owned a team in baseball. Derek Jeter

61. 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

62. The reason I didn’t take the baseball route is because they don’t have rankings for baseball players. Jim Courier

63. Close don’t count in baseball. Close only counts in horseshoes and grenades. Frank Robinson

64. When you’re mad at someone, it’s probably best not to break his arm with a baseball bat. Evel Knievel

65. I admitted I bet on baseball, but I wasn’t suspended from baseball for betting on baseball. Pete Rose

66. So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally. Bo Jackson

67. Awards mean a lot, but they don’t say it all. The people in baseball mean more to me than statistics. Ernie Banks

68. Baseball is better with tradition, with history. Baseball is better with fans who care. Theo Epstein

69. Baseball life is a tough life on the family. Nolan Ryan

70. I don’t think baseball owes colored people anything. I don’t think colored people owe baseball anything, either. Bob Feller

71. I’m, uh, not proud to say it – I play fantasy baseball. It’s, like, the dorkiest thing ever. Paul Rudd

72. When I finish playing, I think I’d like to coach college baseball. Barry Bonds

73. This is a great thing that’s happening in baseball. We don’t know if it will ever happen again. Mark McGwire

74. There’s nothing bad that accrues from baseball. A. Bartlett Giamatti

75. If I couldn’t broadcast baseball games, I think I would make a good impression on people. Mackenzie Astin

76. Baseball is a little bigger gamble than most, and the stakes are pretty high. Jacob Ruppert

77. No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball. Connie Mack

78. The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round. Gaylord Perry

79. No game in the world is as tidy and dramatically neat as baseball, with cause and effect, crime and punishment, motive and result, so cleanly defined. Paul Gallico

80. Poets are like baseball pitchers. Both have their moments. The intervals are the tough things. Robert Frost

81. I ain’t ever had a job, I just always played baseball. Satchel Paige

82. Not everybody’s a baseball fan. Derek Jeter

83. When push comes to shove, baseball is one of my favorite things in the world. Danny Meyer

84. Baseball is played by all countries now, and softball, too. Tommy Lasorda

85. Baseball, while you’re doing it, you think it’s going to last forever. Joe Torre

86. After getting out of the service and going into baseball I never wanted to do anything else. Bob Uecker

87. Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball? Bob Uecker

88. Even if my father wasn’t speaking to me, he would never, ever miss a baseball game. Ryan Reynolds

89. You know, baseball’s not stupid. Baseball does what the fans want, usually. Pete Rose

90. Playing baseball for a living is like having a license to steal. Pete Rose

91. Baseball is an individual game, but it should never be a personal game. Pete Rose

92. If baseball wants to get you, they’ve got enough resources and enough investigators that they’ll find a way to get you. Pete Rose

93. So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball. Bo Jackson

94. Whenever I wasn’t watching the planes, I was playing community baseball, football, or something like that. Bo Jackson

95. There are only five things you can do in baseball – run, throw, catch, hit and hit with power. Leo Durocher

96. In baseball you train the whole body, except for the hip and eyes. Rickey Henderson

97. 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

98. When I was growing up, I always had the dream of being an analyst for a minor league baseball team or something like that. James Carville

99. A tall, thin old man waving a scorecard from the corner of his dugout. That’s baseball. Ernie Harwell

100. Baseball is a game of inches. Branch Rickey

101. Baseball is my escape. The sights, the sounds, the way the park smells. There is truly no place I would rather be than at a game. Alyssa Milano

102. Baseball is a poorly run business. Jerry Reinsdorf

103. It’s a funny business. I kind of compare it to baseball. I’m always looking for a home run. Billy Mays

104. In baseball, there’s always the next day. Ryne Sandberg

105. Baseball is all about relationships, and in some ways, what know you and who knows you. Ryne Sandberg

106. Actors want to be musicians, and musicians want to be baseball players. Mike McCready

107. Football’s a war game without fatal casualties; baseball is a picnic on a huge field, without the food. Richard Corliss

108. Statues of sports stars are all the rage – especially in baseball. Frank Deford

109. Baseball’s postseason shifts from game to game because of starting pitchers and the geography of the ballparks. George Vecsey

110. A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. Earl Wilson

111. Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball. Jacques Barzun

112. Baseball is the greatest thing in the world. James Gray

113. In baseball… you don’t stop learning until it’s over. Pablo Sandoval

114. Every baseball crowd, like every theatre audience, has its own distinctive attitude and atmosphere. Bill Veeck

115. Young players need to know how to take care of themselves for life after baseball. Barry Bonds

116. Baseball is drama with an endless run and an ever-changing cast. Joe Garagiola

117. There’s a lot to be said for going to baseball games for a living. Willie Geist

118. You should never wear a baseball cap when working in close quarters in the attic: You never see that beam above you! Alex Trebek

119. Baseball is one of the most beautiful games. It is. It is a very Zen-like game. Jim Jarmusch

120. On matters of race, on matters of decency, baseball should lead the way. A. Bartlett Giamatti

121. It’s a sensitive thing, playing major league baseball. Tony La Russa

122. Thrilling, thrilling to see yourself on a baseball card for the first time. Freddie Freeman

123. We’re all still kids when it comes to baseball. Chuck Fleischmann

124. Baseball gets better for whatever reason. Rafael Palmeiro

125. I don’t get it when people complain that baseball games are too long. Daron Malakian

126. You’ve got to play every game until it’s over. Baseball is a funny game, so you never know what’s going to happen. Jacob deGrom

127. It’s not like learning how to hit a curve ball in baseball. Floyd Abrams

128. For me, baseball is more comparable to chess than it is to hockey. Jeff Garlin

129. A baseball team is like a band. Because, conceptually, there are no heroes in baseball – there’s just the team. Cass McCombs

130. Chemistry is good for fun – it’s like baseball. It has its role for small children, but I can’t see an adult being concerned with it. Sheldon Lee Glashow

131. Sadly, this problem of steroid use is not isolated to baseball. Jim Sensenbrenner

132. To the people out there, baseball is a simple sport. But it is complex. It is never easy. Dave Winfield

133. A cloud hangs over baseball. It’s a cloud called drugs and it’s permeated our game. Peter Ueberroth

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