Top-6 Baseball Quotes From John Wooden & Michael Jordan About Failure, Learning, Not Giving Up, And Success
Discover our top-6 non-baseball motivational quotes from John Wooden and Michael Jordan about failure, learning, not giving up, and success.
Baseball Batting Quotes: Hacking “Failure” With Michael Jordan
It’s a blessing and a curse. It empowers people to do GREAT things, while others, it imprisons to mediocrity. One word can offer us a detour, and at the same time can make us feel like we’re at a dead end.
How we look at this one word can make suffering feel like a learning process. Or can make us want to quit, and never try again. What’s ‘the word’?
We’ve heard Ted Williams say that “Hitting a baseball is one of the hardest things to do in sports.” The word, ‘Failure’, has separated Hall Of Famers from players getting just one cup of coffee in “The Show”.
What follows are SIX of my favorite inspirational quotes on Failure. I wish this was something that was put in front of me when I felt my struggles were insurmountable during my playing days. So, please share this baseball batting quotes post to your social media, to spread the word, you never know who they’ll help.
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Not only are these my favorite quotes on the topic of Failure, but they were the TOP-6 baseball batting quotes when I posted them to my Hitting Performance Lab Facebook fan-page and Twitter page. “Like” and “Follow” me there (if you haven’t already) because I posting more great hitting content daily.
The baseball batting quotes are arranged from least to most engaged with on my Facebook fan-page. Let’s start with…
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Here’s what I feel the #1 mistake is…we treat Failure like it’s a terrible thing. When we are conditioned to look at Failure as a bad thing, then we stop trying. Or at best, become standoffish when giving it another shot because the pressure begins snowballing. There’s no release, just build up.
Young hitters NEED to be encouraged to tinker and test. To make their own adjustments. To look at Failure as feedback. To question the status quo. This is where creativity and problem solving flourish!
Here are FOUR other articles or books that I love, related to the topic of Failure:
- “5 Reasons To Stop Saying “Good Job!” by Alfie Kohn – blog post that the title is self explanatory. After reading, you’ll see why this can lead kids to the “Failure as a dead end” mindset.
- Golf Flow
by Dr. Gio Valiante – sports performance psychologist, Dr. Gio, who works with the top PGA tour players. This book has nothing and everything to do with the baseball. - The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle – how the body learns, and that greatness isn’t just in our DNA code.
- Brain Rules For Baby by John Medina – John brings up some great research and study, and one in particular says that telling a kid, “You’re so smart!” will handicap them, rather than saying, “You must’ve worked hard for that.”
by John Medina – John brings up some great research and study, and one in particular says that telling a kid, “You’re so smart!” will handicap them, rather than saying, “You must’ve worked hard for that.”As Tony Robbins says, “Where focus goes, energy flows.” So focus your attention on Failure as only a feedback mechanism.
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One of my favorite quotes is from Jack Nicolson … “You’re only going to be as good as the size of the mistake you’re willing to make.”
Sorry about the spelling Jack! That’s Nicholson.
One more from Jack while we’re on the subject of paying your dues … “When I was a young actor I had the good fortune of not doing very well.”
Bob, I love those Nicholson quotes! This stuff works whether we’re talking the acting business or baseball. And the former is just as hard to break into the big time as the latter 😀