50 Funny & Motivational Baseball Quotes About Life & Movies

50 Funny & Motivational Baseball Quotes About Life & Movies

Last updated on January 4th, 2024 at 10:05 am

โ€œHeyward lines into double playโ€ by โ€œDave Herholzโ€œ, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

Sports teaches us so many new and inspirational things about life โ€“ whether itโ€™s about teamwork or working hard for your team to win the game. And if itโ€™s the baseball game, then there are various lessons and principles that we all can glean from this great sport. As the baseball game is so much filled with enthusiasm and team spirit, baseball quotes will teach you real-life lessons about perseverance, hard work and grit that will improve your life for good.

When youโ€™ve already spent much of your childhood playing baseball, you must have developed a deep love for the game. By reading the amazing baseball quotes, below, you will be cherished by that same love and enjoyment that youโ€™ll never forget.

So, letโ€™s get started to fill your life with lots of goodness. Enjoy!

Baseball Quotes About Life

We can learn so many new things from the baseball game and the same things from our lives too. So, here are some of the best baseball quotes about life that will fill your heart with solitude and pleasure.

โ€œIf I had to choose between baseballโ€™s Hall of Fame and first-class citizenship for all of my people. I would say first-class citizenship.โ€

JACKIE ROBINSON

โ€œBaseball is more than a game to me, itโ€™s a religion.โ€

BILL KLEM

โ€œThere are only twoย things- life and baseball.โ€

BILL VEECK

โ€œItโ€™s unbelievable how much you donโ€™t know about the game youโ€™ve been playing your whole life.โ€

MICKEY MANTLE

โ€œIf youโ€™re going to play at all, youโ€™re out to win. Baseball, board games, Jeopardy, I hate to lose.โ€

DEREK JETER
Baseball Quotes About Life
โ€œItโ€™s amazing what you can do in this game with a heart and a brain.โ€

โ€œYou can build on yesterdayโ€™s success or put its failures behind and start over again. Thatโ€™s the way life is, with a new game every day, and thatโ€™s the way baseball is.โ€

BOB FELLER

โ€œA life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives. Same is with baseball.โ€

JACKIE ROBINSON

โ€œA ball player has to be kept hungry to become a big leaguer. Thatโ€™s why no boy from a rich family has ever made the big leagues.โ€

JOE DIMAGGIO

ย โ€œWell, baseball was my whole life. Nothingโ€™s ever been as fun as baseball.โ€

MICKEY MANTLE

โ€œBaseball is a lot like life. Itโ€™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.โ€

ERNIE HARWELL
Baseball Quotes About Life
โ€œLife is like baseball. You will not hit every pitch. But make the most of the ones you do.โ€

Baseball Motivational Quotes

A baseball game can teach us the real power of motivation and inspiration that could help us move forward in the game of our life. So, here are some of the best baseball motivational quotes that will fill you with the power of motivation.

โ€œIf my uniform doesnโ€™t get dirty, I havenโ€™t done anything in the baseball game.โ€

RICKIE HENDERSON

โ€œThere are three types of baseball players: those who make it happen, those who watch it happen and those who wonder what happens.โ€

TOMMY LASORDA

ย โ€œI want to be remembered as a ballplayer who gave all he had to give.โ€

ROBERTO CLEMENTE

โ€œJust take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate donโ€™t move.โ€

SATCHEL PAIGE

โ€œBaseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when heโ€™s losing; nobody wants you to quit when youโ€™re ahead.โ€

JACKIE ROBINSON
Baseball Motivational Quotes
โ€œBaseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical.โ€

โ€œBaseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world.โ€

BILL VEECK

โ€œPlaying baseball is not real life. Itโ€™s a fantasy worldโ€ฆ Itโ€™s a dream come true.โ€

DALE MURPHY

โ€œThe only thing I can do is play baseball. I have to play ball. Itโ€™s the only thing I know.โ€

MICKEY MANTLE

โ€œMore than any other American sport, baseball creates the magnetic, addictive illusion that it can almost be understood.โ€

THOMAS BOSWELL

โ€œBaseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.โ€

TED WILLIAMS
Baseball Motivational Quotes
โ€œBaseball is like church. Many attend, few understand.โ€

โ€œNever allow the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game!โ€

BABE RUTH

Baseball Movie Quotes

Movies and games are the epitomai of learning if used in the right way. Here are some of the best baseball movie quotes that will fill your day with goodness.

โ€œHow can you not be romantic about baseball?โ€

MONEYBALL

โ€œMan, this is baseball. You gotta stop thinking, just have fun.โ€ย 

THE SANDLOT

โ€œThereโ€™s no crying in baseball!โ€

A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN

โ€œYou wanna have a catch?โ€

FIELD OF DREAMS
Baseball Movie Quotes
โ€œAll I know is when we win a game, itโ€™s a team win. When we lose a game, itโ€™s a team loss.โ€

โ€œI see great things in baseball. Itโ€™s our game, the American game. It will repair our losses and be a blessing to us all.โ€

BULL DURHAM

โ€œGod, I love baseball.โ€ย 

THE NATURAL

โ€œIโ€™ve tried โ€™em all, I really have, and the only church that truly feeds the soul, day in, day out, is the Church of Baseball.โ€

BULL DURHAM

โ€œYou know what we get to do today, Brooks? We get to play baseball.โ€

THE ROOKIE

โ€œI love baseball. You know it doesnโ€™t have to mean anything, itโ€™s just beautiful to watch.โ€

ZELIG
Baseball Movie Quotes
โ€œIโ€™d sell my soul for one long ball hitter.Iโ€™d sell my soul for one long ball hitter.โ€

โ€œIโ€™d wake up at night with the smell of the ball park in my nose, the cool of the grass on my feetโ€ฆ The thrill of the grass.โ€

FIELD OF DREAMS

โ€œWeโ€™re not athletes, weโ€™re baseball players!โ€

MR. BASEBALL

Funny Baseball Quotes

Baseball games can be amusing and exciting at the same time. So, below are some of the best funny baseball quotes that will make your day filled with fun, joy and happiness.

โ€ย I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ainโ€™t never been seen by this generation.โ€œ

SATCHEL PAIGE

โ€œIf a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infantโ€™s life, she will choose to save the infantโ€™s life without even considering if there is a man on base.โ€œ

DAVE BARRY

โ€œThe way to make baseball coaches think youโ€™re in shape in the spring is to get a tan.โ€œ

WHITEY FORD
Funny Baseball Quotes
โ€œRunning a ball club is like raising kids who fall out of trees.โ€

โ€œI watch a lot of baseball onย radio.โ€œ

GERALD FORD

โ€œIf you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world canโ€™t get you off.โ€

BILL VEECK

โ€œBob Gibson is the luckiest pitcher I ever saw. He always pitches when the other team doesnโ€™t score any runs.โ€œ

TIM MCCARVER

โ€œTrying to sneak a pitch past Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak the sunrise past a rooster.โ€

JOE ADCOCK

โ€œThe other teams could make trouble for us if they win.โ€œ

YOGI BERRA
Funny Baseball Quotes
โ€œI think I throw the ball as hard as anyone. The ball just doesnโ€™t get there as fast.โ€

โ€œWell, it took me 17 years to get 3,000 hits in baseball, and I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.โ€œ

HANK AARON

โ€œWe know weโ€™re better than this, but we canโ€™t prove it.โ€œ

TONY GWYNN

The baseball game is the most loved game by people, and it teaches us the most valuable lessons that could improve our lives for something better. It also teaches us the crucial principles of hardships, teamwork, discipline and work ethic, which are very important in many phases of our lives. So, play this fantastic game with a spirit full of love and happiness.

We hope that you have loved reading the baseball quotes. You can also check out these 50 Most Inspiring & Motivational Basketball Quotes!

Naveen Kumar is a writer and has a thing for collecting quotes and sharing them with people. Naveen is a space enthusiast. When he is not spreading good vibes or motivating people through quotes, you can find him sipping coffee while reading classic literature or on a long road drive.

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