MOTIVATION

Below are an array of quotes and statements from previous players to help drive your focus.

Constantly Striking Out

Striking out is always a sign to baseball players that there not doing enough. Or that they just say there in a slump, that lasts forever.

“Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.” — Babe Ruth (Lifehack Quotes)
“Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” — Babe Ruth (QuoteCharms)
“I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.” — Willie Stargell (QuoteFancy)
“Baseball is a game of failure. It’s about how you respond to it that matters.” — Alex Rodriguez (or — more generally — this wisdom echoes through the game’s culture) (Lifehack Quotes)
“It ain’t over ’til it’s over.” — Yogi Berra (Lifehack Quotes)
“You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.” — Babe Ruth (DumbbellsExercises.com)
“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” — Babe Ruth (slightly different phrasing, same spirit) (QuoteCharms)
“Baseball teaches you how to deal with failure. You fail two out of three times and still make the Hall of Fame.” — Ted Williams (quoted by many for the general lesson — though this exact phrase is often listed under “famous quotes about baseball failure”) (AIGIFT)
“If you’re not swinging, you’re guaranteed to strike out — maybe even for good.” — Unknown/widely used (inspired by strikeout-fear mentality) (Sandjest Personalized Gifts)
“Striking out means you’re swinging for the fences.” — Unknown (common motivational saying among hitters) (Lifehack Quotes)
“Striking out is part of the journey to greatness.” — Unknown (Lifehack Quotes)
“Striking out is just part of the game.” — Unknown (and often repeated by coaches to encourage swings) (Lifehack Quotes)
“Failure builds you faster than success ever could — if you’re brave enough to keep playing.” — Unknown (Sandjest Personalized Gifts)
“A strikeout today is a home run tomorrow.” — Unknown saying (popular in motivational baseball quotes) (Lifehack Quotes)
“Don’t let a strikeout define you; let it motivate you.” — Unknown (Lifehack Quotes)
“Each swing that misses still counts — it’s proof you weren’t afraid to show up.” — Unknown (Sandjest Personalized Gifts)
“Every miss stings, but it also sharpens the part of you that refuses to quit.” — Unknown (Sandjest Personalized Gifts)
“The best players learn that striking out only matters if you stop believing afterward.” — Unknown (Sandjest Personalized Gifts)
“Failure at the plate is temporary — the lesson it leaves lasts a lifetime.” — Unknown (Sandjest Personalized Gifts)
“A strikeout might pause your story, but it never writes the final line.” — Unknown (Sandjest Personalized Gifts)
“Striking out is part of the game — and life.” — Unknown (Sandjest Personalized Gifts)
“Even the greatest hitters once swung through failure — they just refused to stop believing in themselves.” — Unknown (Sandjest Personalized Gifts)
“True players find faith in failure and strength in the swing that follows disappointment.” — Unknown (Sandjest Personalized Gifts)
“When doubt creeps in, remember: even failure counts as progress when you refuse to quit.” — Unknown (Sandjest Personalized Gifts)
“Baseball doesn’t break you; it shows how badly you still want to keep trying.” — Unknown (Sandjest Personalized Gifts)
“Keep swinging — some victories don’t come easy, but they always come to those who stay.” — Unknown (Sandjest Personalized Gifts)
“The field never judges — it just waits for you to show up again and again.” — Unknown (Sandjest Personalized Gifts)
“Some innings are cruel, but none are final until you stop believing there’s another pitch.” — Unknown (Sandjest Personalized Gifts)
“Resilience isn’t a roar — it’s the quiet decision to step back into the box again.” — Unknown (Sandjest Personalized Gifts)
“The best thing that happens when you strike out? You get to try again.” — Unknown — (common baseball-life metaphor) (Sandjest Personalized Gifts)
“It isn’t hard to be good from time to time in baseball. What is tough is being good every day.” — Unknown (often used to remind hitters consistency matters more than perfection) (QuoteCharms)
“You can’t let the highs be too high and the lows be too low.” — Ryan Howard (a quote often cited more generally by players about handling success and failure) (Lifehack Quotes)
“You don’t save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain.” — Leo Durocher (not about striking out per se, but speaks to seizing the moment — helps mindset after fails) (QuoteCharms)
“When they start the game, they don’t yell ‘Work ball.’ They say ‘Play ball.’” — Willie Stargell (Baseball Almanac)
“To be successful, one must take chances.” — Willie Stargell (Baseball Almanac)
“I’m always amazed when a pitcher becomes angry at a hitter for hitting a home run off him. When I strike out, I don’t get angry at the pitcher — I get angry at myself.” — Willie-Stargell (Baseball Almanac)
“When you step into the batter’s box, have nothing on your mind except baseball.” — Pete Rose (often used in coaching for focus and letting go of fear of strikeouts) (QuoteCharms)
“There may be people that have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.” — Derek Jeter (a great mindset for after a strikeout: rededicate to work) (QuoteCharms)
“If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted; if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end.” — Tom Seaver (helps shift focus away from K-counts and toward approach) (QuoteCharms)
“Baseball is a game of inches.” — Branch Rickey (reminds hitters small adjustments pay off — strikeouts don’t define you) (QuoteCharms)
“You don’t just accidentally show up in the World Series.” — Anthony Rizzo (perspective: long-term success > single at-bat outcomes) (Lifehack Quotes)
“Mental toughness is spartanism with qualities of sacrifice, self-denial, dedication. It is fearlessness, and it is love.” — Vince Lombardi (though from football, it’s widely used in baseball quotes — applies to handling strikeouts) (QuoteCharms)
“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are doing.” — Pele (adopted by many ballplayers as life/baseball truth — even after a strikeout) (AIGIFT)
“The only way to keep from striking out is to swing.” — Babe Ruth (or said in his spirit) — encourages risk & action over fear. (Quotesanity)
“The more you sweat in practice, the less you bleed in battle.” — Unknown (a classic quote about preparation — helps push through strikeouts and slumps) (QuoteCharms)
“You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat.” — Christy Mathewson (great for reframing strikeouts as lessons, not failures) (QuoteCharms)
“There’s no crying in baseball!” — From the movie A League of Their Own — a fun but real-feeling reminder that adversity and strikeouts are part of the grind. (QuoteCharms)
“The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.” — Joe Paterno (used by many coaches; after a strikeout, preparation and work matter more than momentary results) (QuoteCharms)
“Play every game as if it’s your last.” — Derek Jeter (helps players value each at-bat, regardless of outcome) (QuoteCharms)
“Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.” — John Wooden (often quoted for athletes — reminds players strikeouts don’t define potential or heart) (QuoteCharms)

In baseball, when things get to hard and repetivie we often just start to think were not good enough to make it big, so why sould I try?

Loosing Motivation.

“There’s always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.” — Joe DiMaggio
“You can’t let injuries define you.” — Albert Pujols
“Hard times don’t create heroes. It is during the hard times when the ‘hero’ within us is revealed.” — Bob Riley (used often by MLB coaches)
“Pain is temporary. Pride is forever.” — Unknown, used widely in baseball rehab culture
“When you’re going through hell, keep going.” — Winston Churchill (commonly quoted in baseball recovery)
“You have to play this game with fear and arrogance.” — Dave Winfield
“If you’re going to get hurt, get hurt doing something honorable.” — Nolan Ryan
“There’s no quit in me. There never has been.” — David Ortiz
“You can’t play forever, but you can fight forever.” — Cal Ripken Jr.
“If you don’t fall, how are you going to know what getting up is like?” — Steph Curry (regularly used in MLB injury speeches)
“I think the hard times are what make you stronger.” — Derek Jeter
“There is no substitute for work.” — Lou Gehrig
“Take pride in how far you’ve come. Have faith in how far you can go.” — Unknown (used in rehab rooms across MLB)
“Never let the memories of your past limit the potential of your future.” — Roy Campanella (paralyzed HOF catcher)
“You can’t beat the person who never gives up.” — Babe Ruth
“Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday’s success or put its failures behind you and start again.” — Bob Feller
“Worrying won’t help. The game goes on.” — Babe Ruth
“You have to go out there and give 100 percent and put your body on the line.” — Aaron Judge
“In baseball, as in life, all the important things take time.” — John Wooden (often used by MLB veterans)
“It’s not how fast you get there. It’s the journey.” — Ken Griffey Jr. (famously injury-plagued career)
“You just keep working. That’s all you can do.” — Mike Trout
“You don’t gotta be the strongest; you just gotta keep showing up.” — Unknown (common in baseball rehab)
“The comeback is always stronger than the setback.” — Unknown
“Show me a man who’s afraid to look bad, and I’ll show you a man you can beat every time.” — Lou Brock
“Pressure comes from within, not from outside.” — Babe Ruth
“I played through pain because I loved the game.” — Sandy Koufax
“You can’t imagine how hard it is to recover from something until you’re in it.” — Dustin Pedroia
“Losing feels worse than winning feels good.” — Vin Scully
“Strength comes from the struggle.” — Unknown
“I’m proof that great things can happen when you’re willing to fight for it.” — Jim Abbott (one-handed MLB pitcher)
“You don’t need an easy life; you need the strength to endure a hard one.” — Unknown
“A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t.” — Jack Dempsey (posted in many MLB weight rooms)
“If you give up on your dreams, what’s left?” — Jim Abbott
“Injury taught me patience.” — Clayton Kershaw
“You have to keep believing in yourself. That’s the biggest thing.” — David Wright (injury-ended career)
“Scars are proof that you tried.” — Unknown
“Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.” — John Wooden
“Tough times never last, but tough people do.” — Robert H. Schuller (popular in MLB clubhouses)
“Getting hurt doesn’t mean you’re broken.” — Anonymous, common rehab mantra
“My biggest challenge was always getting back up.” — Mariano Rivera
“Heart over height. Heart over pain.” — Unknown
“Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn.” — John Maxwell
“Baseball gives you every chance to be great. Then it puts every pressure on you to prove that great.” — Brooks Robinson
“Just keep grinding.” — Bryce Harper
“I didn’t come this far to only come this far.” — Unknown
“Don’t count the days; make the days count.” — Muhammad Ali (widely quoted in baseball rehab)
“You become stronger through adversity.” — Joe Torre
“You can’t let setbacks make you quit. That’s when you dig in deeper.” — Justin Verlander
“Keep your head up, keep your heart strong, and keep going.” — Unknown

Injuries

It seems like it. But people have done it. People just like you.

Its Impossible.

**“Baseball is 90% mental. The other half is physical.” — Yogi Berra
“Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.” — Babe Ruth
“The only thing I can do is play baseball. I have to play ball. It’s the only thing I know.” — Mickey Mantle
“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” — Babe Ruth
“Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” — Babe Ruth
“I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it.” — Sandy Koufax
“Baseball is a game of inches.” — Branch Rickey
“The way to make coaches think you’re in shape in the spring is to get a tan.” — Whitey Ford
“Don’t let the pressure exceed the pleasure.” — Joe Maddon
“The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three-run homers.” — Earl Weaver
“Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.” — Joe Torre
“You can’t think and hit at the same time.” — Yogi Berra
“Slumps are like a soft bed. Easy to get into and hard to get out of.” — Johnny Bench
“If you’re not practicing, someone else is. And when you meet him, he’ll win.” — Ed Macauley (often quoted in baseball circles)
“Baseball was, is, and always will be the best game in the world.” — Babe Ruth
“Don’t pray for the rain to stop. Pray for good luck.” — Satchel Paige
“You win a few, you lose a few, and some get rained out.” — Satchel Paige
“Work like you don’t need the money. Love like you’ve never been hurt. Dance like nobody’s watching.” — Satchel Paige
“You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possibly be — in baseball and in life.” — Pete Rose
“If you don’t think too good, don’t think too much.” — Ted Williams
“Baseball is a man maker.” — Al Spalding
“When you have fun, it changes all the pressure.” — Ken Griffey Jr.
“The most important thing a player can have is confidence.” — Hank Aaron
“I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me. All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.” — Jackie Robinson
“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.” — Jackie Robinson
“The only real game, I think, in the world is baseball.” — Babe Ruth
“To me, baseball has always been a reflection of life.” — Willie Stargell
“Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.” — Hank Aaron
“I swing big, with everything I’ve got. I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can.” — Babe Ruth
“The more you play baseball, the less you know about it.” — Tommy Lasorda
“The baseball mania has run its course.” — Dr. Harold S. Miller
“Baseball is a game of constant failure.” — Lou Brock
“Show me a guy who’s afraid to look bad, and I’ll show you a guy you can beat every time.” — Lou Brock
“Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.” — Yogi Berra
“Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.” — Pat Riley (used widely in baseball motivation)
“The only difference between a slump and a slump breaker is one swing.” — Joe Garagiola
“Baseball teaches you patience.” — Earl Weaver
“Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.” — Babe Ruth
“There is no room in baseball for discrimination. It is our national pastime, and a game for all.” — Lou Gehrig
“I tell the kids, somebody’s gotta win, somebody’s gotta lose. Just don’t fight about it. Just try to get better.” — Dizzy Dean
“Catching is the art of receiving.” — Johnny Bench
“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” — John Wooden (frequently quoted by baseball coaches)
“Baseball is about talent, hard work, and strategy. But at the deepest level, it’s about love.” — George F. Will
“Baseball is like driving a car. You can look back, but don’t stare.” — Satchel Paige
“Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.” — John Wayne (used heavily in motivational speeches to baseball players)
“The harder you work, the luckier you get.” — Gary Player (commonly used by MLB coaches)
“Pitching is 80% mental.” — Yogi Berra
“Every player should be proud of the game they love.” — Cal Ripken Jr.
“You can’t be afraid to make errors. You can’t be afraid to be wrong.” — Ted Williams
“Stay humble. Stay hungry.” — Bryce Harper

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When injuries occur, and keep occurring, and keep occurring, players just completely give up. Dont.

“It ain’t over till it’s over.” — Yogi Berra
“Baseball is ninety percent mental; the other half is physical.” — Yogi Berra
“Never allow the fear of striking out to keep you from playing the game.” — Babe Ruth
“You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.” — Babe Ruth
“Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” — Babe Ruth
“Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.” — The Sandlot
“If you don’t think too good, don’t think too much.” — Ted Williams
“There’s always some kid who may be seeing me for the first or last time. I owe him my best.” — Joe DiMaggio
“Never let the fear of failure distract you from your purpose.” — Babe Ruth
“The way to make coaches think you’re in shape is to hit the ball.” — Dizzy Dean
“You can’t let the highs be too high or the lows too low.” — Ryan Howard
“The mind is everything. What you think, you become.” — Sports mindset quote
“Believe in yourself and you’re halfway there.” — Theodore Roosevelt
“The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.” — Tommy Lasorda
“The only thing that stands between you and your dream is the will to try.”
“Believe you can win, and you’re halfway there.” — Baseball version
“Confidence is the most important thing you bring to the field.” — Alex Rodriguez
“The biggest barrier is what’s inside your own head.” — Ken Griffey Jr.
“There may be people more talented than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you.” — Derek Jeter
“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” — Tim Notke
“Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.” — Bobby Unser
“If you don’t practice, you don’t deserve to win.” — Andre Agassi
“The will to prepare is more important than the will to win.” — Joe Paterno
“Champions keep playing until they get it right.” — Billie Jean King
“What you put into the game is what you get out of it.”
“Baseball is a game of failure. If you fail 7 out of 10 times, you’re great.” — Ted Williams
“The man who can handle himself in failure is worth more than the man who can handle himself in success.” — George M. Cohan
“You don’t drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there.” — Edwin Cole
“Look for the good in failure. It’s the stepping stone to success.” — Henry Ford
“What seems impossible today will soon become your warm-up.”
“Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” — Suzy Kassem
“If you think you’re beaten, you are.” — Walter D. Wintle
“Your only limit is you.”
“Impossible is just an opinion, not a fact.” — Paulo Coelho
“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” — Nelson Mandela
“Don’t limit your challenges. Challenge your limits.”
“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” — Wayne Gretzky
“The only time success comes before work is in the dictionary.” — Vince Lombardi
“A winner is just a loser who tried one more time.” — George M. Cohan
“Champions refuse to quit.”
“Success is no accident.” — Pele
“Courage creates possibilities.”
“Don’t tell me the sky’s the limit when there are footprints on the moon.”
“Keep swinging. You might just hit one.”
“The only thing impossible is what you refuse to try.”
“Baseball was, is, and always will be the best game in the world.” — Babe Ruth
“This game is about making adjustments.” — Derek Jeter
“Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday’s success or put its failures behind and start again.” — Bob Feller
“Every day is a chance to get better. Don’t waste it.”
“The game isn’t over until you stop playing it.”