"Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?"-Jim Bouton 

 "The difference between winners and losers is that winners train and losers complain."-Author Unknown 

 "I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments.The front page has nothing but man's failures." -Earl Warren 

 "They throw the ball, I hit it. They hit the ball, I catch it." -Willie Mays 

 "The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when nobody else is looking." -Mia Hamm

"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

 "You can't just kill the clock. You've got to give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all" -Earl Weaver

 "I love to play this game of baseball - I love putting on this uniform." - Stan Musial

"We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, & discipline." -Jesse Owens

 “I won't be happy until we have every boy in America between the ages of six and sixteen wearing a glove and swinging a bat.” - Babe Ruth

 "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." - Michael Jordan

 "Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself." -Paul Bryant

 "I was taught you never, ever disrespect your opponent or your teammates or your organization or your manager and never, ever your uniform." - Ryne Sandberg