Baseball General Quotes

"You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possibly be - in baseball and in life."

- Pete Rose

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"Control is what kept me in the big leagues for twenty-two years."

- Cy Young

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"Self-discipline is a form of freedom. Freedom from laziness and lethargy, freedom from expectations and demands of others, freedom from weakness and fear -- and doubt."

- H.A. Dorfman

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"Early in my career, I decided I never wanted to get out of shape."

- Cal Ripken, Jr.

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

- Mickey Mantle

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

- Babe Ruth

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

- Derek Jeter

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"Baseball is a universal language. Catch the ball, throw the ball, hit the ball."

- PETE ROSE

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"Bad ballplayers make great managers, not the other way around. All I can do is help them be as good as they are"

- Earl Weaver

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"No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference."

- Tommy Lasorda

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