Quote(s):

"Some people think baseball is just a game.

They are wrong.

Baseball is about reaching deep inside yourself to catch the ball that cann’t be caught…..and hit the ball that cann’t be hit.

It is about the soul.

It is about Bad hops, Bad breaks, Bad throws, and Bad calls.

It is about striking out and making errors.

It is about overcoming all of those things.

Baseball is about kids who become stars…..
Stars who become heroes…..
and heroes who become LEGENDS."

I have no idea so said it but it sounds good to me.

 

Don't know who said it or where I heard it and....it may not be the exact words as originally said but here it is....so if anyone knows from whence it came, please post so credit can be given!

"You can't get better playing only the teams you know you can beat!"

 

"You can't get better playing only the teams you know you can beat!" - Prepster after UNC series with NC State

 

Though not baseball specific, I've always loved this quote.

"It's not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena... who, at best, knows in the end the triumph of great achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly. So that his place will never be with those cold timid souls who know neither victory or defeat."
- Teddy Rosevelt

Over the years I always gave a copy of it to the kids I have coached.

 

a few more

take two and go to right

hit 'em where they ain't

swing hard....in case you hit it.

 

"don't eat a whole dozen donuts in less than an hour. It'll bind you up tighter than Dick's hat band" -- Eric 'Goody' Goodnough after buying a dozen donuts

 

My Buttermaker

I had a coach in Little League all stars who was, um, a bit colorful. Not quite a Buttermaker--he didn't drink beer, or at least not in the dugout-- but his language was classic. It also didn't hurt that he was balding, but had long red hair where it still grew, was about 6-5 and 300 pounds, and wore an eye patch over one eye that he had lost to cancer.

We had won a couple in a row and were feeling pretty good about ourselves, so coach decided to take us down a peg by explaning how we were lucky to have won the games we had won. His exact words were: "The sun don't shine up the same dog's ass twicet."

And that "t" on the end of twice is not a typo. I'll never forget that speech. I love a good coach speech.

 

The only difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little EXTRA!!

 

classic

one of my favorite coach/player talks came from major league 2. jake taylor is working with rube baker who can't throw the ball back to the pitcher, but can throw ropes to the bases.


jake taylor: rube, what goes through your mind when you make that throw to second?

rube: nothing. i just let er' rip.

jake: you see what i'm getting at?

rube: you want the pitcher to pitch from second base!?

 

Speaking of Major League

One of the few highlights from Major League 3: Back to the Minors:

Gus: Rube.let me ask you something? If I asked you to change the oil in my car, could you do it?
Rube: Um...no, not really.
Gus: Ok, well if I asked you to build me something from wood, like a boat...you think you could do that?
Rube: Uh, no I don't think I could do that either.
Gus: So, it's safe to say your skills lend themselves strictly to baseball, would I be right in saying that?
Rube: Uh...yeah, I guess you could say that!
Gus: Good, cause if I ever see you tank another throw again, I'm cutting your ass! So I suggest you start making your throws, or start learning a new skill.

Rube runs out of the dugout.

Doc (to Gus): I thought you were going to give him the nice speech.
Gus: That was the nice speech.