Baseball Opening Day Quotes to Get You Excited for the Season

It’s finally baseball season! Here are some of the best Opening Day quotes to get you excited for the upcoming season

“Baseball is the only place in life where a sacrifice is really appreciated.” -Jimmy Piersall

“I live for opening day ” -Jon Lovitz

“There’s nothing like Opening Day at Yankee Stadium The fans are electric.” -Derek Jeter

“There’s nothing like Opening Day. All of baseball begins again.” -Ernie Harwell

“Baseball is the only place in life where a sacrifice is really appreciated.” – Author Unknown

“There is nothing like a Game of Baseball to relieve the soul.” – Charles M. Schwab

“A ball club is where a boy can prove his worth.” – Branch Rickey

“Baseball isn’t a business, it’s more than that.” – Ernie Banks

“It’s amazing how much you can accomplish if you just don’t care who gets the credit.” – Branch Rickey

“Baseball is the only sport I know of where a time period can actually be measurable in outs.” – Ernie Harwell

“People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.” – Rogers Hornsby

“I don’t want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.” – Rogers Hornsby

“Baseball is ninety percent mental, the other half is physical.” – Yogi Berra

With baseball season just around the corner, it’s time to get excited for all the action to come. Opening day is always a special occasion, and there’s nothing like hearing some great quotes about America’s Favorite Pastime to get you ready for the first pitch.

Here are some of our favorite baseball quotes to get you pumped for opening day:

“Baseball is 90% mental and the other half is physical.” – Yogi Berra

“It ain’t over till it’s over.” – Yogi Berra

“You can’t sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You’ve got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That’s why baseball is the greatest game of them all.” – Earl Weaver

“I see great things in baseball. It’s our game – the American game ” – Walt Whitman

“Baseball is the only place in life where a guy can come out of nowhere and win the pennant.”
-Jimmy Piersall

“Opening Day is like a new year’s day for baseball.”
-Joe Garagiola

“Every regular season game is like a Game 7.”
-Jim Thome

As the baseball season gets underway, here are some quotes to get you excited for the games ahead.

“Baseball is the only place in life where a sacrifice is really appreciated.” -Jim Bouton

“People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.” -Rogers Hornsby

“The game of baseball, in its progress and in its results, is a game of inches.” -John Sullivan

“Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.” -Yogi Berra

“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” -Babe Ruth

“I can’t think of a better way to start the season off than playing baseball ” -Ernie Banks

“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

“People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.”
-Rogers Hornsby

“You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball, and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time.”
-Jim Bouton

“Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.”
-Yogi Berra

“Baseball is the only place in life where a sacrifice is really appreciated.” -Kurt Russell

“There is no substitute for guts.” -Yogi Berra

“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” -Babe Ruth

“Baseball is the only place left where a man can come without money and be considered a success.”-

“Baseball is the only place left where a man can come without money and be considered a success.”-
-Willie Mays

“Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.”-

“Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.”- Yogi Berra

“You can’t think and hit at the same time.”-Ted Williams

“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

“There are three types of baseball players those who make it happen, those who watch it happen, and those who wonder what happens.”-Tommy Lasorda

“Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.”-Yogi Berra

“Baseball is the only game left for people.”-

“Baseball is the only game left for people.”

-Willie Mays

“Baseball is the only game where you can be gloriously successful three times out of ten and be considered a complete failure.”-

“Baseball is the only game where you can be gloriously successful three times out of ten and be considered a complete failure.”-

This quote by Baseball Legend Yogi Berra perfectly sums up the game of baseball. Despite the fact that a player only gets a hit 30% of the time, they are still considered one of the best if not the best player in the world. That’s what makes baseball so special. It’s a game of inches and luck and sometimes even fate. With every swing of the bat, there is potential for greatness.

So as we gear up for another exciting baseball season let’s remember to enjoy every moment. The Cubs may not make it to the World Series this year, but that doesn’t mean we can’t appreciate a good game of baseball.

“Baseball is the only sport I know of where a team can play a Home game and be cheered on by thousands of fans, and still lose.”-

“Baseball is the only sport I know of where a team can play a home game and be cheered on by thousands of fans, and still lose.”- Yogi Berra

“There’s nothing like Opening Day. The fans are optimistic. Every team is tied for first place. It’s great.”- Ernie Banks

“I love baseball The stats, the players, the managers, the fans…I even love the hot dogs I can’t get enough of it.”- Joe Morgan

“To me, it doesn’t matter whether you’re Playing in October or March. A baseball game is a baseball game ”- Whitey Herzog

“Baseball is the only sport I know where you can be on second base and still be thinking about your mortgage.”-

– Denis Leary

“Baseball is the only place where a man can come out second best and still be considered a good catches.”-

– Jim Bouton

“I’ve come to the conclusion that almost every baseball problem can be traced back to motherhood.”
– Bill Veeck

“Baseball is the only sport I know where you can be a superstar and still have to go to spring training ”-

“Baseball is the only sport I know where you can be a superstar and still have to go to Spring Training ”- Reggie Jackson

“Opening Day is like a birthday party It’s the start of a new year.”- Gary Carter

“Every game’s a new story. The other team might have won the Topps baseball card championship, but we could beat them this afternoon. It doesn’t matter what happened last year, last month or even yesterday. Once the teams take the field, anything is possible.”- Joe Torre

“Baseball is the only sport I know where you can be a hero one day and a bum the next.”-

This quote by Baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra perfectly sums up the unique nature of baseball. In no other sport can a player have such highs and lows in such a short period of time. That’s what makes baseball so special and why we love it so much.

As we get ready for another baseball season let’s take a look at some of the most memorable quotes about America’s pastime:

“Baseball is the only sport I know where you can be a hero one day and a bum the next.”- Yogi Berra

“There are three types of baseball players those who make it happen, those who watch it happen, and those who wonder what happens.”- Tommy Lasorda

“Baseball is 90% mental and the other half is physical.”- Yogi Berra

“It ain’t over till it’s over.”- Yogi Berra

“Baseball is the only sport I know where you can be traded without having to move.”-

“Baseball is the only sport I know where you can be traded without having to move.”- Ernie Banks

“Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.”- Yogi Berra

“If you build it, they will come.”- Kevin Costner in Field of Dreams

“There’s nothing like a Opening Day crowd.”- Charles Schulz

“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.”- Babe Ruth

“Baseball is the only sport I know where you can fail seven times out of ten and still be considered a great hitter.”-

“Baseball is the only sport I know where you can fail seven times out of ten and still be considered a great hitter.”-Ty Cobb

“Life is too short. Don’t ever look back and say, ‘I should have.’”- Pete Rose

“Today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth.”- Lou Gehrig