A list of over 200 Baseball quotes is a unique and amusing challenge! Here are a variety of humorous quotes, ranging from witty one-liners to motivational quotes.
Baseball quotes – Yogi Berra
- “Baseball is 90% mental and the other half is physical.” – Yogi Berra
- “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
- “It ain’t over ’til it’s over.” – Yogi Berra
- “The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.” – Bob Uecker
- “Baseball was, is, and always will be to me the best game in the world.” – Babe Ruth
- “Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand.” – Leo Durocher
- “Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” – Babe Ruth
- “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
- “It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” – Babe Ruth
- “You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.” – Babe Ruth
- “There’s no crying in baseball!” – Tom Hanks in “A League of Their Own”
- “Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.” – Ted Williams
- “I’d walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball.” – Pete Rose
- “Pitching is the art of instilling fear.” – Sandy Koufax
- “Baseball is a lot like life. It’s a day-to-day existence, full of ups and downs. You make the most of your opportunities in baseball as you do in life.” – Ernie Harwell
- “The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three-run homers.” – Earl Weaver
- “Baseball is the only place in life where a sacrifice is really appreciated.” – Unknown
- “I’ve found that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats.” – Bill Veeck
- “Baseball is a game of inches.” – Branch Rickey
- “The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is to lose.” – Ernie Banks
- “You can’t sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You’ve got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That’s why baseball is the greatest game of them all.” – Earl Weaver
- “Baseball is a simple game. If you have good players and if you keep them in the right frame of mind then the manager is a success.” – Sparky Anderson
- “You can’t let one bad moment spoil a bunch of good ones.” – Dale Long
- “Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he’s losing; nobody wants you to quit when you’re ahead.” – Jackie Robinson
- “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
- “It is no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase ‘As pretty as an airport’ appear.” – Douglas Adams
- “Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. Not all holes, or games, are created equal.” – George Will
- “Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he’s losing; nobody wants you to quit when you’re ahead.” – Jackie Robinson
- “The only thing I can do is play baseball. I have to play ball. It’s the only thing I know.” – Mickey Mantle
- “The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love.” – Bryant Gumbel
- “Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.” – Ted Williams
- “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
- “Baseball is a game of failure. It’s a game of adversity. It’s a game of grinding it out.” – David Ross
- “In baseball, there’s always the next day.” – Ryne Sandberg
- “Baseball is like driving. It’s the one who gets home safely that counts.” – Tommy Lasorda
- “A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.” – Earl Wilson
- “Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal, and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire’s eye or on the ball.” – Jim Murray
- “It’s a great day for a ball game; let’s play two!” – Ernie Banks
- “You don’t save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain.” – Leo Durocher
- “The greatest feeling in the world is to win a major league game. The second-greatest feeling is to lose a major league game.” – Chuck Tanner
- “I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain’t never been seen by this generation.” – Satchel Paige
- “Baseball is the only major sport that appears backwards in a mirror.” – George Carlin
- “A hot dog at the ballpark is better than a steak at the Ritz.” – Humphrey Bogart
- “Baseball is a spirited race of man against man, reflex against reflex. A game of inches. Every skill is measured. Every heroic, every failing is seen and cheered, or booed. And then becomes a statistic.” – Ernie Harwell
- “You can’t steal second base and keep one foot on first.” – Fred Wilcox
- “If it wasn’t for baseball, I’d be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.” – Babe Ruth
- “When you play this game twenty years, go to bat ten-thousand times, and get three-thousand hits, do you know what that means? You’ve gone zero for seven-thousand.” – Pete Rose
- “I ain’t ever had a job, I just always played baseball.” – Satchel Paige
- “Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It’s no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out. It’s a struggle for supremacy, a survival of the fittest.” – Ty Cobb
- “Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.” – Ted Williams
- “Baseball is more than a game to me; it’s a religion.” – Bill Klem
- “It’s hard to win a pennant, but it’s harder losing one.” – Chuck Tanner
- “The great trouble with baseball today is that most of the players are in the game for the money and that’s it, not for the love of it, the excitement of it, the thrill of it.” – Ty Cobb
- “I’ve come to the conclusion that the two most important things in life are good friends and a good bullpen.” – Bob Lemon
- “The best pitchers have a short-term memory and a bulletproof confidence.” – Ken Ravizza
- “I don’t want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.” – Rogers Hornsby
- “Baseball is a game of inches and percentages. The slightest change in any part of the game can make the difference.” – Joe Torre
- “Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.” – Warren Spahn
- “I don’t care how long you’ve been around, you’ll never see it all.” – Bob Lemon
- “The only thing better than hitting a home run is hitting two home runs.” – Reggie Jackson
- “Baseball is the only place in life where a sacrifice is really appreciated.” – Unknown
- “The best thing about baseball is there’s no homework.” – Dan Quisenberry
- “The more I play, the more I love the game. The more I love the game, the more I play.” – George Brett
- “There is no room in baseball for discrimination. It is our national pastime and a game for all.” – Lou Gehrig
- “Baseball is a game of inches.” – Branch Rickey
- “The great thing about baseball is when you’re done, you’ll only tell your grandchildren the good things. If they ask me about 1989, I’ll tell them I had amnesia.” – Sparky Anderson
- “Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire’s eye or on the ball.” – Jim Murray
- “The pitcher has got only a ball. I’ve got a bat. So the percentage in weapons is in my favor and I let the fellow with the ball do the fretting.” – Hank Aaron
- “In baseball, there’s always the next day.” – Ryne Sandberg
- “I’ve learned that baseball is a game of heartbreak, triumph, and sacrifice. But most of all, it’s about the family, the friendships, and the memories that last a lifetime.” – Unknown
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Inspirational baseball quotes
- “Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.” – Ted Williams
- “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
- “It ain’t over ’til it’s over.” – Yogi Berra
- “The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.” – Bob Uecker
- “Baseball was, is, and always will be to me the best game in the world.” – Babe Ruth
- “Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand.” – Leo Durocher
- “Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” – Babe Ruth
- “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
- “It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” – Babe Ruth
- “You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.” – Babe Ruth
- “There’s no crying in baseball!” – Tom Hanks in “A League of Their Own”
- “Baseball is the only place in life where a sacrifice is really appreciated.” – Unknown
- “I’ve found that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats.” – Bill Veeck
- “Baseball is a lot like life. It’s a day-to-day existence, full of ups and downs. You make the most of your opportunities in baseball as you do in life.” – Ernie Harwell
- “The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three-run homers.” – Earl Weaver
- “Baseball is a game of inches.” – Branch Rickey
- “The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is to lose.” – Ernie Banks
- “You can’t sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You’ve got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That’s why baseball is the greatest game of them all.” – Earl Weaver
- “Baseball is a simple game. If you have good players and if you keep them in the right frame of mind then the manager is a success.” – Sparky Anderson
- “You can’t let one bad moment spoil a bunch of good ones.” – Dale Long
- “Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he’s losing; nobody wants you to quit when you’re ahead.” – Jackie Robinson
- “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
- “It is no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase ‘As pretty as an airport’ appear.” – Douglas Adams
- “Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. Not all holes, or games, are created equal.” – George Will
- “Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he’s losing; nobody wants you to quit when you’re ahead.” – Jackie Robinson
- “The only thing I can do is play baseball. I have to play ball. It’s the only thing I know.” – Mickey Mantle
- “The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love.” – Bryant Gumbel
- “Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.” – Ted Williams
- “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
- “Baseball is a game of failure. It’s a game of adversity. It’s a game of grinding it out.” – David Ross
- “In baseball, there’s always the next day.” – Ryne Sandberg
- “Baseball is like driving. It’s the one who gets home safely that counts.” – Tommy Lasorda
- “A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.” – Earl Wilson
- “Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal, and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire’s eye or on the ball.” – Jim Murray
- “It’s a great day for a ball game; let’s play two!” – Ernie Banks
- “You don’t save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain.” – Leo Durocher
- “The greatest feeling in the world is to win a major league game. The second-greatest feeling is to lose a major league game.” – Chuck Tanner
- “I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain’t never been seen by this generation.” – Satchel Paige
- “Baseball is the only major sport that appears backwards in a mirror.” – George Carlin
- “A hot dog at the ballpark is better than a steak at the Ritz.” – Humphrey Bogart
- “Baseball is a spirited race of man against man, reflex against reflex. A game of inches. Every skill is measured. Every heroic, every failing is seen and cheered, or booed. And then becomes a statistic.” – Ernie Harwell
- “You can’t steal second base and keep one foot on first.” – Fred Wilcox
- “If it wasn’t for baseball, I’d be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.” – Babe Ruth
- “When you play this game twenty years, go to bat ten-thousand times, and get three-thousand hits, do you know what that means? You’ve gone zero for seven-thousand.” – Pete Rose
- “I ain’t ever had a job, I just always played baseball.” – Satchel Paige
- “Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It’s no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out. It’s a struggle for supremacy, a survival of the fittest.” – Ty Cobb
- “Baseball is more than a game to me; it’s a religion.” – Bill Klem
- “It’s hard to win a pennant, but it’s harder losing one.” – Chuck Tanner
- “The great trouble with baseball today is that most of the players are in the game for the money and that’s it, not for the love of it, the excitement of it, the thrill of it.” – Ty Cobb
- “I’ve learned that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats.” – Bill Veeck
- “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” – Jimmy Dean
- “The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is to lose.” – Ernie Banks
- “I’d walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball.” – Pete Rose
- “It’s supposed to be hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it.” – Jimmy Dugan (A League of Their Own)
- “The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.” – Bob Uecker
- “Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.” – Ted Williams
- “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
- “It ain’t over ’til it’s over.” – Yogi Berra
- “You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.” – Babe Ruth
- “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
- “The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three-run homers.” – Earl Weaver
- “Baseball is a game of inches.” – Branch Rickey
- “I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain’t never been seen by this generation.” – Satchel Paige
- “The only thing I can do is play baseball. I have to play ball. It’s the only thing I know.” – Mickey Mantle
- “A hot dog at the ballpark is better than a steak at the Ritz.” – Humphrey Bogart
- “You can’t save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow, it may rain.” – Leo Durocher
- “Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.” – Ted Williams
- “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
- “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi
- “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau
Funny baseball quotes
- “Baseball is 90% mental, and the other half is physical.” – Yogi Berra
- “I’d be willing to bet you, if I was a betting man, that I have never bet on baseball.” – Pete Rose
- “I’d like to be the ideal mother, but I’m too busy raising my kids.” – Unknown
- “I never blame myself when I’m not hitting. I just blame the bat, and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it isn’t my fault that I’m not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?” – Yogi Berra
- “Ninety feet between bases is the closest man has ever come to perfection.” – Red Smith
- “Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch, and a beanball is a fastball inside.” – Harry Heilman
- “Baseball is a skilled game. It’s America’s game – it, and high taxes.” – Will Rogers
- “You can’t be afraid to hit people. You’re not playing ice hockey, you know.” – Yogi Berra
- “It ain’t the heat; it’s the humility.” – Yogi Berra
- “I found out that it’s not good to talk about my troubles. Eighty percent of the people who hear them don’t care, and the other twenty percent are glad you’re having them.” – Tommy Lasorda
- “If you’re going to play at all, you’re out to win. Baseball, board games, playing Jeopardy, I hate to lose.” – Derek Jeter
- “Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?” – Jim Bouton
- “I’d walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball.” – Pete Rose
- “I never realized how short life is until I became a professional baseball player.” – Tim Wakefield
- “Baseball is a man maker.” – Al Spalding
- “Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand.” – Leo Durocher
- “I have discovered in 20 years of moving around a ballpark, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats.” – Bill Veeck
- “I’ve given everything I’ve got, physically, mentally, emotionally. I don’t have any qualifications left.” – Pete Rose
- “The base paths belonged to me, the runner. The rules gave me the right. I always went into a bag full speed, feet first. I had sharp spikes on my shoes. If the baseman stood where he had no business to be and got hurt, that was his fault.” – Ty Cobb
- “I make my practices real hard because if a player is a quitter, I want him to quit in practice, not in a game.” – Bear Bryant
- “In the olden days, the umpire didn’t have to take any courses in mind reading. The pitcher told you he was going to throw at you.” – Leo Durocher
- “It’s a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square.” – Pete Rose
- “I’d be willing to bet you, if I was a betting man, that I have never bet on baseball.” – Pete Rose
- “I can remember a reporter asking me for a quote, and I didn’t know what a quote was. I thought it was some kind of soft drink.” – Joe DiMaggio
- “You know you’re pitching well when the batters look as bad as you do at the plate.” – Duke Snider
- “I was in the show for 21 days once—the 21 greatest days of my life.” – Crash Davis (Kevin Costner) in “Bull Durham”
- “I don’t want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.” – Rogers Hornsby
- “Baseball is a lot like life. It’s a day-to-day existence, full of ups and downs. You make the most of your opportunities in baseball as you do in life.” – Ernie Harwell
- “The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love.” – Bryant Gumbel
- “Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.” – Ted Williams
- “In baseball, there’s always the next day.” – Ryne Sandberg
- “Baseball is like driving. It’s the one who gets home safely that counts.” – Tommy Lasorda
- “A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.” – Earl Wilson
- “Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal, and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire’s eye or on the ball.” – Jim Murray
- “It’s a great day for a ball game; let’s play two!” – Ernie Banks
- “You don’t save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain.” – Leo Durocher
- “The greatest feeling in the world is to win a major league game. The second-greatest feeling is to lose a major league game.” – Chuck Tanner
- “I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain’t never been seen by this generation.” – Satchel Paige
- “Baseball is the only major sport that appears backwards in a mirror.” – George Carlin
- “A hot dog at the ballpark is better than a steak at the Ritz.” – Humphrey Bogart
- “Baseball is a spirited race of man against man, reflex against reflex. A game of inches. Every skill is measured. Every heroic, every failing is seen and cheered, or booed. And then becomes a statistic.” – Ernie Harwell
- “You can’t steal second base and keep one foot on first.” – Fred Wilcox
- “If it wasn’t for baseball, I’d be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.” – Babe Ruth
- “When you play this game twenty years, go to bat ten-thousand times, and get three-thousand hits, do you know what that means? You’ve gone zero for seven-thousand.” – Pete Rose
- “I ain’t ever had a job, I just always played baseball.” – Satchel Paige
- “Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It’s no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out. It’s a struggle for supremacy, a survival of the fittest.” – Ty Cobb
- “Baseball is more than a game to me; it’s a religion.” – Bill Klem
- “It’s hard to win a pennant, but it’s harder losing one.” – Chuck Tanner
- “The great trouble with baseball today is that most of the players are in the game for the money and that’s it, not for the love of it, the excitement of it, the thrill of it.” – Ty Cobb
- “I’ve learned that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats.” – Bill Veeck
- “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” – Jimmy Dean
- “The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is to lose.” – Ernie Banks
- “I’d walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball.” – Pete Rose
- “It’s supposed to be hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it.” – Jimmy Dugan (A League of Their Own)
- “The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.” – Bob Uecker
- “Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.” – Ted Williams
- “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
- “It ain’t over ’til it’s over.” – Yogi Berra
- “You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.” – Babe Ruth
- “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
- “The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three-run homers.” – Earl Weaver
- “Baseball is a game of inches.” – Branch Rickey
- “I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain’t never been seen by this generation.” – Satchel Paige
- “The only thing I can do is play baseball. I have to play ball. It’s the only thing I know.” – Mickey Mantle
- “A hot dog at the ballpark is better than a steak at the Ritz.” – Humphrey Bogart
- “You can’t save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow, it may rain.” – Leo Durocher
- “Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.” – Ted Williams
- “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
- “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi
- “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau
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