Playing Baseball Quotes:

I once tried playing baseball but I started crying.

- Thom Yorke

topic: Baseball, Cry, Playing Baseball

Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.

- Casey Stengel

topic: Motivational, Teamwork, Baseball, Sports Team, Motivational Baseball

Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living.

- Alvin Dark

topic: Baseball, Sunshine, Player, Baseball Games, Really Living

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

source: Ty Cobb, Al Stump (1961). “My Life in Baseball: The True Record”, p.280, U of Nebraska Press

topic: Baseball, Fun, Struggle, Inspirational Baseball, Motivational Baseball

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

- Hilary Duff

topic: Leadership, Sports, I Hate You, Softball Team, Inspirational Baseball

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

topic: Baseball, Dream, Morning, Baseball Games, Opening Day Baseball

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

source: "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Athlete, Mean, Average, Favorite Sports, Baseball Games

It ain't like football. You can't make up no trick plays.

- Yogi Berra

topic: Funny, Baseball, Football, Inspirational Baseball, Motivational Baseball

When they start the game, they don't yell, "Work ball." They say, "Play ball."

- Willie Stargell

topic: Baseball, Games, Play, Opening Day Baseball, Little League Baseball

You gotta be a man to play baseball for a living, but you gotta have a lot of little boy in you, too.

- Roy Campanella

source: Quoted in New York Journal-American, 12 Apr. 1957

topic: Baseball, Boys, Men, Inspirational Baseball, Motivational Baseball

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

- Pete Rose

topic: Sports, Baseball, Stealing, Playing Baseball, Famous Baseball

I ain't ever had a job, I just always played baseball.

- Satchel Paige

topic: Sports, Baseball, Jobs, Playing Baseball, Famous Baseball

The only thing I can do is play baseball. I have to play ball. It's the only thing I know.

- Mickey Mantle

topic: Baseball, Play, Balls, Playing Baseball

I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.

- Rogers Hornsby

topic: Baseball, Golf, Mlb, Baseball Games, Inspirational Baseball

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

- Bo Jackson

source: Bo Jackson, Dick Schaap (1990). “Bo knows Bo: the autobiography of a ballplayer”, Doubleday Books

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Sports, Inspirational Coach, Inspirational Football Coach

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

- Pete Rose

source: Pete Rose, Rick Hill (2004). “My Prison Without Bars”, p.69, Rodale

topic: Sports, Baseball, Play, Opening Day Baseball, Mlb

Playing baseball is not real life. It's a fantasy world... It's a dream come true.

- Dale Murphy

topic: Dream, Baseball, Real, Baseball Player, Playing Baseball

The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.

- Tommy Lasorda

source: Twitter post from Aug 24, 2015

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Sports, Baseball Games, Inspirational Determination

I never thought home runs were all that exciting. I still think the triple is the most exciting thing in baseball. To me, a triple is like a guy taking the ball on his 1-yard line and running 99 yards for a touchdown.

- Hank Aaron

topic: Baseball, Running, Home, Baseball Games, Baseball Player

The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.

- Babe Ruth

source: "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Leadership, Basketball, Teamwork, Baseball Games, Softball Player

It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life.

- Mickey Mantle

source: Mickey Mantle (1964). “The Quality of Courage”, p.42, U of Nebraska Press

topic: Sports, Baseball, Games, Playing Baseball

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

- Derek Jeter

topic: Inspiring, Success, Baseball, Jeopardy, Playing Baseball

I ain't afraid to tell the world that it don't take school stuff to help a fella play ball.

- Shoeless Joe Jackson

topic: School, Play, World, Playing Baseball

It was all I lived for, to play baseball.

- Mickey Mantle

topic: Baseball, Play, Playing Baseball

Pro-rated at 500 at-bats a year that means that for two years out of the fourteen I played, I never even touched the ball.

- Norm Cash

topic: Baseball, Mean, Years, Strikeouts, Playing Baseball

It's supposed to be fun, the man says 'Play Ball' not 'Work Ball' you know.

- Willie Stargell

topic: Baseball, Fun, Men, Little League Baseball, Playing Baseball

I miss playing baseball. Just being able to swing the bat, or run, or dive for a ball, or slide into second. If I could even do that in a softball league, I would never miss anything about baseball. I don't miss the crowds or the travel or even being in the big leagues. I just miss being able to take batting practice and being able to swing as hard as I can. That's all I miss.

- Prince Fielder

source: Source: dynamic.espn.go.com

topic: Softball, Baseball, Running, Playing Baseball, Batting Practice

I miss the guys, and I miss playing baseball. Just being able to swing the bat, or run, or dive for a ball, or slide into second.

- Prince Fielder

source: Source: sports-ak.espn.go.com

topic: Running, Baseball, Swings, Playing Baseball

I loved playing baseball, and the only reason I played was to play professional baseball. I wanted that to be my career for a long time. I turned down multiple jobs and meetings because of it.

- Tyler Hoechlin

source: Source: www.empireonline.com

topic: Multiple Jobs, Playing Baseball

When I played football, basketball and baseball, I was always a starter. I played baseball as the number three or number four hitter. Playing baseball, I was the third baseman or pitcher. Football, I was the quarterback. I was always versatile. It came to me naturally. It was always easy.

- Future

source: Source: uproxx.com

topic: Basketball, Baseball, Football, Playing Baseball, Starters

Waking up every day and coming to the ballpark and playing baseball ... that's a good feeling.

- Jason Heyward

topic: Baseball, Feelings, Wake Up, Ballparks, Playing Baseball

When I was a little kid playing baseball, my manager called me Sleepy. And only a few people, who know me from way, way back, call me that still. I used to drift off and that's why they made me the catcher, so I wouldn't fall asleep. That gift I have still.

- Bill Murray

topic: Baseball, Fall, Kids, Playing Baseball, Kids Playing

I could always throw the ball pretty well and I worked pretty hard at learning how to play the game. But I didn't consider it work as a kid, since I just loved playing baseball.

- Jim Abbott

source: Source: baseballreflections.com

topic: Playing Baseball

At Texas, I was a football player playing baseball. And the way I play I think I still am.

- Adam Dunn

topic: Baseball, Football, Player, Playing Baseball

As long as I'm around playing baseball, it doesn't matter where I am, as long as it's not with the Yankees.

- Carl Everett

topic: Baseball, Yankees, Long, Playing Baseball

I enjoy traveling and playing baseball.Other than that, the minor leagues are tough. The wear and tear on your body.. and it's tough to stay on a nutrition program because you can only eat what is within walking distance of the hotel and what the clubhouse provides.

- Tyler Thornburg

topic: Baseball, Distance, League, Playing Baseball

I didn't fully realize it then, but that was the thing I was most trying to earn playing baseball. Not money. Not glory... Love.

- Joe Pepitone

source: Joe Pepitone (2015). “Joe, You Coulda Made Us Proud”, p.78, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

topic: Baseball, Trying, Realizing, Playing Baseball

I wanted so badly to play in the park across the street because the kids were playing baseball and football but I had to record.

- Michael Jackson

source: Source: www.today.com

topic: Baseball, Football, Kids, Playing Baseball

How can you not have fun going around the country playing baseball for a living? Being a baseball player is the next best thing to being a rock star.

- Jason Giambi

source: "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Baseball, Country, Stars, Playing Baseball

If I weren't playing baseball, I would be a radio or sports broadcaster. In college at South Carolina I did some stuff with the radio station and really liked it.

- Brian Roberts

topic: Sports, Baseball, College, Playing Baseball, Radio Stations

Taking the GED and moving on to my dream of playing baseball was what I wanted to do, and my mom and dad supported me.

- Jeremy Bonderman

topic: Mom, Baseball, Dream, Playing Baseball, Ged

I did a lot of bad stuff from the age of 18 to 21. Those are days when everyone is usually in college doing a lot of stupid things. But since I was playing baseball, I was in the spotlight. I take full responsibility for doing things that I shouldn't have been doing. And I appreciate the second chance that the Twins are giving me.

- Delmon Young

topic: Baseball, Stupid, Responsibility, Bad Stuff, Playing Baseball

I've been playing baseball since I was four. I've got baseball in my blood. I love baseball.

- Hanley Ramirez

topic: Baseball, Blood, Four, Playing Baseball, Baseball Love

I'm just enjoying playing baseball in the major leagues.

- Matt Holliday

topic: Baseball, League, Enjoy, Playing Baseball

I remember growing up, getting the Colorado Springs Sun in the morning and the Denver Post in the afternoon, and my dad just inhaling both of them, and me waiting to get the sports page from him. I fell in love with the craft. I remember being 9 years old and playing baseball in the backyard and coming in and writing little newspaper articles for my dad.

- Pat Forde

topic: Sports, Baseball, Morning, Playing Baseball

I had to come out on stage with my little staff and robe and I had this sun on top of my head that my mom made - that was the first time I was ever on stage singing in front of anybody. I realized that I was one of the best acts of the night but I didn't give singing much thought after that. I was really into playing baseball.

- Gonjasufi

source: Source: pitchfork.com

topic: Mom, Baseball, Night, Playing Baseball

I really feel like I haven't had a job. Playing [baseball] and then doing television. I watched my mom clean houses and stuff, so that's work.

- Harold Reynolds

topic: Mom, Baseball, Jobs, Clean House, Playing Baseball

I like playing all sports, from football to soccer, and I love playing baseball.

- Ryan Guzman

topic: Soccer, Sports, Football, Playing Baseball