Pleasant Hill, Oregon the home of Pleasant Hill Babe Ruth Baseball. With Pleasant Hill youth baseball we understand the words of Vince Lombardi when he said, “Winning isn’t everything, but the will to win is everything.” Below are several more words of wisdom from other successful individuals and athletes.
During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at bats a season. That means I played seven years without ever hitting the ball. – Mickey Mantle
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will. – Vince Lombardi
I’ve missed more than 9,000 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
I think you enjoy the game more if you don’t know the rules. Anyway you’re on the same wavelength as the referees. – Jonathan Davies
If winning isn’t everything, why do they keep score? – Vince Lombardi
All sports are games of inches. – Dick Ritger
It is not how big you are, it’s how big you play. – Author Unknown
Finish last in your league and they call you Idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you Doctor. – Abe Lemons
Good pitching will beat good hitting any time, and vice versa. – Bob Veale
No matter how good you are, you’re going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you’re going to win one-third of your games. It’s the other third that makes the difference. – Tommy Lasorda
I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it. – Sandy Koufax
Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. – Vince Lombardi
The umpire… is like the geyser in the bathroom; we cannot do without it, yet we notice it only when it is out of order. – Neville Cardus
Most games are lost, not won. – Casey Stengel
Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing. – Warren Spahn
I have observed that baseball is not unlike war, and when you get right down to it, we batters are the heavy artillery. – Ty Cobb
