To win. Nothing else matters, and nothing else will do.
Sandy Koufax
You can’t steal second base and keep your foot on first.
Frederick B. Wilcox
Baseball was made for kids, and grown-ups only screw it up.
Bob Lemon
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
The pitcher has to find out if the hitter is timid. And if the hitter is timid, he has to remind the hitter he’s timid.
Don Drysdale
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
Don’t forget to swing hard, in case you hit the ball.
Woodie Held
Swing hard, in case they throw the ball where you’re swinging.
Duke Snider
Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man has ever come to perfection.
Red Smith
Baseball is a ballet without music. Drama without words.
Ernie Harwell
Remember these two things: play hard and have fun.
Tony Gwynn
What drives me is trying to be perfect.
Tony Gwynn
Think. Don’t just swing. Think about the pitcher, what he threw you last time up, his best pitch, who’s up next. Think.
Ted Williams
The key to hitting is just plain working at it. Work, that’s the real secret.
Ted Williams
I’ve found in life the more you practice, the better you get. If you want something enough and work hard to get it, your chances of success are greater.
Ted Williams
To be a good hitter you’ve got to do one thing – get a good ball to hit.
Rogers Hornsby
A great hitter isn’t born, he’s made. He’s made out of practice, fault correction, and confidence.
Rogers Hornsby
Unless you give it all you’ve got, there isn’t any sense in playing,
Stan Musial
It’s not the size of the bat that gets home runs – it’s the speed with which you can swing it.
Stan Musial
I think what separates a superstar from the average ballplayer is that he concentrates just a little bit longer.
Hank Aaron
Consistency is what counts; you have to be able to do things over and over again.
Hank Aaron
Youngsters of Little League can survive undercoaching a lot better than overcoaching.
Willie Mays
There is no way to have a strong arm if you don’t throw enough.
Juan Marichal
My pitching philosophy is simple. I believe in getting the ball over the plate and not walking a lot of men.
Bob Gibson
One of the trademarks of a champion is that he can outlast you.
Lou Brock
When you get up to the plate, nobody’s there to help you. You’ve got to do this on your own.
Ichiro Suzuki
Baseball is the only place in life where a sacrifice is really appreciated.
Mark Beltaire
Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.
Vernon Law
There are no heights you can’t rise to when service trumps self-interest.
Bruce Bochy
If my uniform doesn’t get dirty, I haven’t done anything in a baseball game.
Rickey Henderson
Hitting is timing. Pitching is disrupting timing.
Warren Spahn
This game is won 90 feet at a time.
Steve Stone
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