Louisiana Giants: Great Quotes
Tuesday, December 16
Baseball is the only place in life where a sacrifice is really appreciated.
~Author Unknown
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
Winners make goals, losers make excuses.
Anonymous
Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.
Bo Jackson
I'm never satisfied. I can't stand satisifaction. To me, greatness comes from that quest for perfection.
Mike Schmidt
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 darn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all.
-- Earl Weaver
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 seven years without ever hitting the ball.
-- Mickey Mantle
| Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer. |
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~Ted Williams
Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time.
~Lou Brock
If a man can beat you, walk him.
~Leroy (Satchel) Paige
I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball.
~ Pete Rose
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
It ain't like football. You can't make up no trick plays.
~Yogi Berra
Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.
- Babe Ruth
You don't save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain.
- Leo Durocher
If I were playing third base and my mother were rounding third with the run that was going to beat us, I'd trip her. Oh, I'd pick her up and brush her off and say, 'Sorry Mom, but nobody beats me.
- Leo Durocher
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