I'm human and I've played my butt off for ten years. I'm not a loafer, I'm not a jerk, I'm a baseball player. - Reggie Jackson

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One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something -Nolan Ryan

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I swing big, with everything I've got. I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can.

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If you’re not practicing, somebody else is, somewhere, and he’ll be ready to take your job. I want people to expect more from me because I expect more. If you don’t set goals high, you’re not trying. -Todd Helton

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If you’re not practicing, somebody else is, somewhere, and he’ll be ready to take your job. - Brooks Robinson

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Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is. - Bob Feller

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A winner is somebody who goes out there every day and exhausts himself trying to get something accomplished.. - Joe Torre

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Nobody wanted me. Scouts told me to go to school, to forget baseball. Coaches said, ‘You’re never going to make it.’ I appreciated their honesty because I think when someone tells you something you may not like, you have to use that as fuel for motivation. -Mike Piazza

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Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer. -Ted Williams

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Never allow the circumstances of your life to become an excuse. People will allow you to do it. But I believe we have a personal obligation to make the most of the abilities we have. -Jim Abbott

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