Mottos/Sayings/Slogans, etc

Wood is Good !!!!!

On the back of a Catcher's helmet.

Ex 20:15 Thou shall not steal!

HCD,

I like that. My son's a C so this is a good one!

Some that I like:

We bust ours to kick yours.
Don't complain about the bad hops, anybody can catch the good ones.

Steve, here a couple

Winner's Train...Loser's Complain

Got Wood?

one of our Club team shirts had "hit it hard and keep making lefts" on the back.

Three left turns and your home!

"If it is to be, it is up to me."

Paris made me change my number

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Originally posted by Dibble:
Paris made me change my number

That is a good one.

My Fav!


BE THE BALL


Didn't we already have this thread? Must have been lost in the purge....

I believe that we did have a thread like this at one point. I think that this topic is a great one and if anyone remembers some that were posted before, post 'em here. I love reading these so keep them coming...

Unfortunetly, the best I have seen (not on player's shirts)at my son's school mentions their biggest rival, USC gamecocks.
Will have to pass on this one.

"Some people dream of great things. Others wake up and do them!"

Also for those pitchers who get upset over missed calls by umpires, errors by their fielders, and lucky bounces:

"Ain't no sense worrying about things you got no control over, cause if you got no control over them, ain't no sense worrying. And, ain't no sense worrying about things you got control over, cause if you got control over them, ain't no sense worrying."

In other words, focus on throwing the best pitch you can and quit wasting energy on something you cannot change!

Clippers Summer Team : It's not the bats, It's the balls.

Brewster High School: You don't win on potntial, you win on performance.

Clippers Moto: Character; How hard you work when no one watching.

I've seen a few I really like:
"Actions speak louder than coaches."
"Losers make excuses, Winners make plays."
"Wear dirt or eat it."
"Shut up and pitch."
"Shut up and play."

See sig line below.

"It's not about winning and losing it's about having fun."

"Oh... by the way....Losing isn't fun."

Together
Everyone
Achieves
More

I have a few:



Some people succeed because they are destined to, but most people succeed because they are determined to. - unknown



“Spectacular achievements are always preceded by unspectacular preparation”-Roger Staubach


"Everyone wants to win, but not everyone is willing to prepare to win" - Bobby Knight


There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. – Colin Powell


The height of your accomplishments will equal the depth of your convictions. -- William F. Scolavino


"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent." –John Wooden


The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but a lack of will. -- Vince Lombardi



"Anticipation is always a step quicker than reaction"- Unknown


Sometimes our attitude toward a situation can determine its outcome. -- Dan Jansen


Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind. -- Theodore Suess Geisel (Dr. Seuss)


Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them. -- Ann Landers

A good one is...

The harder I work, the luckier I get.

Luck is the residue of hard work - Branch Rickey

Don't look back, something might be gaining on you - Satchel Paige

There's no crying in baseball - tom hanks/league of their own

when you come to a fork in the road, take it - Yogi Berra

Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot- leo durocher

Baseball is 90% mental and the other half is physical - yogi berra

the game ain't over till its over - yogi berra

I heard about this one but they (HS boosters) were afraid to put it on t-shirts in fear of getting in trouble with the coach and HS administration:

"We brought the bats. Do you have the balls?" TM

Sorry to reference another sport, but I've always liked it:

"You'll always miss 100% of the 3-point shots you never take"

I put up slogans all over our field for numerous reasons. Over the years, I've used many, including:

"Whatever it takes"
"All for one, and one for ball"
"Building a dream one game at a time"
"No Retreat, No Surrender"
"One Goal, One heartbeat"
"We Are Family"


**My favorite is from a great program that wins every season:
"Tradition Never Graduates"

My daughter plays softball for the West Jersey Witches. All the fathers have shirts that say " My daughter is a witch"

You gotta have bats and you gotta have ...

quote:

Originally posted by Coach Knight:
"Tradition Never Graduates"

Gotta revive this thread, there must be tons more out there.

Or maybe it got picked up elsewhere? Did not find in search.

Let's add another angle. List all the baseball terms you can think of.


Like:

Frozen Rope
Screwball
Knuckler
Dish
Blue
Tools of Ignorance

What do you have?

My daughter's travel softball team ...

We're working ours off to kick yours.

My son's varsity team has the following slogan:

"Tradition Never Graduates"

Sacrifice Early, Win Late!

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Originally posted by pbonesteele:
Sorry to reference another sport, but I've always liked it:

"You'll always miss 100% of the 3-point shots you never take"

As long as you didn't say:

"You'll always miss 100% of the black and white ball toward the giant-how-do-you-miss-it-net kicks you never take."

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Originally posted by TPM:
Unfortunetly, the best I have seen (not on player's shirts)at my son's school mentions their biggest rival, USC gamecocks.
Will have to pass on this one.

We were in Omaha in 2007 when Oregon State was there. Our 10-year old son got a bright orange shirt that read "Beaver Fever."

He had no idea what it meant...at least I don't think he did!

"It takes no skill to hustle" - Anonymous

"Hustle never took the day off" - Anonymous

"You can't fix stupid, but you can vote it out" - Anon

"Be thankful we're not getting all the gov't we're paying for" - Will Rogers

"Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men -- the other 999 follow women". - Groucho Marx

“If I was being paid $30K a year the very least I could do was hit .400” – Ted Williams

"Remember Danny - Two wrongs don't make a right but three rights make a left." - Ty Webb

A coach I had when I was playing once said to a player who after making an error complained of a bad hop he said

anybody can catch the good hops learn to catch the bad ones

Just remembered another one the same coach said to a player who made an excuse for a bad play

Don't make excuses make the play

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Hey papi...it's not like I'm immune from getting a fever!



You try swimming around these frigid streams in the Pacific Northwest...you'd get a fever too!



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"The most important pitch is strike 1"

"The most important pitch is the next one"

"You can't lose if they don't score"

"The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait 'till it stops rolling, then go pick it up." -Uecker (I think)

"Play the game like your pants are on fire!"

"Hit it, where they ain't."

"Leave it all on the field."

"Swing hard, in case you hit it."

"Win or lose, we are going to do it together."

"Let em know you are here."

At youth games; the all time number one; "throw strikes!"

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"throw strikes!"

I think you can hear that in MLB parks as well!



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