Here are some baseball thoughts and quotes for youth baseball coaches and players

Here are baseball thoughts and some quotes that I thought all youth baseball coaches would appreciate. These days, there are too many hot dog players and coaches in youth baseball. I think we should honor the game of baseball by example. Most of it is just common sense and courtesy. I am not giving you any secret formula for success. Let us behave like mature adults and remember that we do not have a team full of future professional baseball players, even if others think otherwise.

Everyone on the team must be willing to exchange sweat, effort, and sacrifice for success. When you look at yourself as a player, the critic. There are too many egotists among today’s players. Selfishness is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.

Success is expensive. You must exchange something solid in yourself for success.

Focus on improving your weaknesses. It’s more obvious than your strengths.

No player ever succeeds by giving up. Keep trying.

If your coach criticizes you, it indicates that he is watching you, so appreciate that.

Never alibi. Excuses never win games.

Have confidence. Tell yourself, I can, I will, I must.

Be a good team player. Encourage your teammates and cooperate with them. They, in turn, will do the same.

Do not yell at the officials or the referees. They are rarely responsible for your success, so don’t blame them for your failure.

Your conduct, both on and off the field, is a real test for you as an individual. It reflects your degree of trustworthiness, responsibility, and the extent of your self-sacrifice.

Here are some anonymous quotes …

If what you did yesterday still seems great to you, you haven’t done much today.

The coach may not always be right, but he is always the coach.

When I won I thought I was lucky, but the more I work, the luckier I am.

Every athlete has problems, the winners handle theirs.

The player who refuses to be defeated is difficult to beat.

He is not always a winner, but never a loser.

If you know someone who has always been treated fairly, look for a witness: you are seeing a miracle.

Repetition is the mother of education.

I’ll prepare and maybe my chance will come.

Enthusiasm is like a coat of paint: it covers many mistakes.

Little things make things great.

The surest way not to fail is to be determined enough to succeed.

The player who does what he pleases is rarely satisfied with what he does.

When a winner makes a mistake, he says he was wrong. A loser makes a mistake, he says, it wasn’t my fault.

Hustle! You cannot survive without.

Enthusiasm and action will overcome fear.

The biggest key to success is a good attitude.

If you think you are good, why not be better? If you think you are the best, then be the best.

Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.

It takes a cool head to win a hot game.

I’ll leave you with this, it’s about more than just baseball.

You can never get ahead of someone while you are trying to get back at them.

Thanks for your time, I hope these quotes, the ones with no quotes around them, will help you spend this long winter waiting for the start of the baseball season.

Thanks again, Coach Chip