“If you’re not practicing, somebody else is, somewhere, and he’ll be ready to take your job.” -Brooks Robinson
“A winner is somebody who goes out there every day and exhausts himself trying to get something accomplished..” -Joe Torre
“You may not think you’re going to make it. You may want to quit. But if you keep your eye on the ball, you can accomplish anything.” -Hank Aaron
“Nobody wanted me. Scouts told me to go to school, to forget baseball. Coaches said, ‘You’re never going to make it.’ I appreciated their honesty because I think when someone tells you something you may not like, you have to use that as fuel for motivation.” -Mike Piazza
“To succeed in baseball, as in life, you must make adjustments.” -Ken Griffey Jr.
“Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.” -Babe Ruth
“There may be people that have more talent than you, but there is no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.” -Derek Jeter
“It isn’t hard to be good from time to time in sports. What is tough is being good every day” -Willie Mays
If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don’t do that, you are wasting your time on this Earth,”- Roberto Clemente
“I am convinced that God wanted me to be a baseball player. I was born to play baseball.” – Roberto Clemente
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