Every strike brings me closer to the next home run. Babe Ruth
The pitcher has got only a ball. I've got a bat. So the percentage of weapons is in my favor and I let the fellow with the ball do the fretting. Hank Aaron
You can't think and hit at the same time. Yogi Berra
You can't steal second base and keep one foot on first. Anonymous
Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move. Satchel Paige
When I played ball, I didn't play for fun. . . . It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out. It's a contest and everything that implies, a struggle for supremacy, a survival of the fittest. Ty Cobb
I'm convinced that every boy, in his heart, would rather steal second base than an automobile. Tom Clark
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
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
I have observed that baseball is not unlike war, and when you get right down to it, we batters are the heavy artillery. Ty Cobb
I didn't get over 1300 walks without knowing the strike zone. Wade Boggs
Sandy's fastball was so fast, some batters would start to swing as he was on his way to the mound. Jim Murray
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
When they start the game, they don't yell, "Work ball." They say, "Play ball." Willie Stargell
I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it. Rogers Hornsby
Good pitching will beat good hitting any time, and vice versa. Bob Veale
"If you do what you have always done, you will get what you have always got" Mark Twain
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