#baseball

There has always been a saying in baseball that you can't make a hitter, but I think you can improve a hitter. More than you can improve a fielder. More mistakes are made hitting than in any other part of the game. ↗

— Ted Williams

#any #baseball #been #game #hitter

Athletes are born winners, there not born loosers, and the sooner you understand this, the faster you can take on a winning attitude and become sucessful in life. ↗

— Charles R. Sledge Jr.

#coaches #kids #parents #sports #attitude

Despite reforms in steroid control, serious problems still occur in and out of baseball. ↗

— Jim Sensenbrenner

#control #despite #occur #out #problems

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

#life #winning #life

I do what I've trained my whole life to do. I watch the ball. I keep my eye on the ball. I never stop watching. I watch it as it sails past me and lands in the catcher's mitt, a perfect and glorious strike three. ↗

— Barry Lyga

#life

Whether you want to or not, you do serve as a role model. People will always put more faith in baseball players than anyone else. ↗

— Brooks Robinson

#anyone #baseball #baseball players #else #faith

And when I retired, trust me, not only did Nolan Ryan, but the entire Ryan family had withdrawals from baseball. And it was tough. ↗

— Nolan Ryan

#did #entire #family #had #i

I can honestly say it took two full years for me to get over the fact that I was no longer a baseball player. ↗

— Nolan Ryan

#baseball #baseball player #fact #full #get

The money I saved during baseball was probably all gone. I'm tapped out. ↗

— Curt Schilling

#during #gone #i #money #out

When McGwire started the home run mania, attendance came back. The owners understood that the sudden spike in homers wasn't accidental. All baseball knew it. But baseball is run on money, and home runs meant money. Baseball turned a blind eye. ↗

— Gary Sheffield

#attendance #back #baseball #blind #blind eye