Best Playing Baseball Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“Ah wonder if anybody this side of the Atlantic has ever bought a baseball bat with playing baseball in mind.”

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Source: Trainspotting

“I knew at a young age, whether I was playing baseball or hockey or lacrosse, that my teammates were counting on me, whether it be to strike the last batter out in a baseball game or score a big goal in a hockey game.”

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Author:Wayne Gretzky

“My mum lives in Boston; she's famous for teaching wushu and t'ai chi. So from when I was young, my mum and aunt were like: 'You're training; you're not playing baseball or football.' Training every day was normal. Later, when I was almost a teenager, Bruce Lee became my idol.”

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Author:Donnie Yen

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

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Author:Ryan Guzman

“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.”

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Book:Joe, You Coulda Made Us Proud

Source: Joe, You Coulda Made Us Proud

“When I played ball, I didn't play for fun.”

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Book:My life in baseball: the true record

Source: My life in baseball: the true record

“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.”

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Author:Bill Murray

“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.”

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Author:Tyler Thornburg

“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.”

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Author:Jim Abbott

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

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Author:Carl Everett

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

“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.”

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Author:Jason Giambi

“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.”

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Author:Brian Roberts

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

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Author:Adam Dunn

“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.”

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Author:Jeremy Bonderman

“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.”

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Author:Delmon Young

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

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Author:Matt Holliday

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

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Author:Jason Heyward

“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.”

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Author:Pat Forde

“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.”

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Author:Michael Jackson

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

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Book:Bo knows Bo: the autobiography of a ballplayer

Source: Bo knows Bo: the autobiography of a ballplayer

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

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Author:Derek Jeter

“The first thing to know about playing baseball in Michigan is, Michigan's really cold.”

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Author:Derek Jeter

“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.”

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Author:Gonjasufi

“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.”

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Author:Tyler Hoechlin

“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.”

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Author:Prince Fielder

“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.”

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Author:Prince Fielder

“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.”

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Author:Future

“I was a very good baseball and football player, but my father always told me I was much more interested in how I looked playing baseball or football than in actually playing. There's great truth in that.”

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Author:John Malkovich

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

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Book:The Quality of Courage

Source: The Quality of Courage

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

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Author:Satchel Paige

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

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Book:My Prison Without Bars

Source: My Prison Without Bars

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

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Author:Pete Rose

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

“If you're playing baseball and thinking about managing, you're crazy. You'd be better off thinking about being an owner.”

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Author:Casey Stengel

“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.”

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Author:Carl Yastrzemski

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

“While I'm playing baseball, I'm still writing songs and having tapes sent to me. I'm sure I'll spend a lot of time in the whirlpool resting these tired bones, so I'll be thinking of music then.”

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Author:Garth Brooks

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

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Author:Yogi Berra

“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.”

“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.”

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Book:My life in baseball: the true record

Source: My life in baseball: the true record

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

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

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Author:Willie Stargell

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

“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.”

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Author:Norm Cash

“I'm playing baseball because I love it, not because I need the money or attention. That is why I've been so dedicated. I've accomplished a lot of things no one ever thought I could, and I've done it from hard work.”

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Author:Mike Piazza

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

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Author:Mickey Mantle

“Playing baseball was my dream, and no amount of money could sway my opinion.”

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Author:Willie Stargell

“It was all I lived for, to play baseball.”

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Author:Mickey Mantle

“I played seven years without ever hitting the ball.”

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