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Rest if you must, but never quit.
Sep 17, 2025
Effort is between you and you.
Win if you can, lose if you must, but always cheat.
Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.
You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possibly be - in baseball and in life.
The principle is competing against yourself.
You have to train your mind like you train your body.
Each of us has a fire in our hearts for something. It's our goal in life to find it and keep it.
Nothing is impossible. With so many people saying it couldn't be done, all it takes is an imagination.
There's always a point where you get knocked down. But I draw on what I've learned on the track: If you work hard, things will work out.
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
Champions keep playing until they get it right.
A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever.
The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.
I've learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.
Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body.
I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.
The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.
Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.
Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.
Never put an age limit on your dreams.
It is not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters.
Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.
One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it.
If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.
If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat.
I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.
It's not the will to win that matters-everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters.
Age is no barrier. It's a limitation you put on your mind.
Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.
Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.
The potential for greatness lives within us all.
Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision.
Champions are made from something they have deep inside of them-a desire, a dream, a vison.
Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.
Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.
I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.
The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.
It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.
Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.
I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.