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Top 25 Jim Abbott Quotes (2025 Update)

Jim Abbott Quote: “It’s not the disability that defines you; it’s how you deal with the challenges the disability presents you with.”

1. “It’s not the disability that defines you; it’s how you deal with the challenges the disability presents you with.”

Jim Abbott Quote: “Find something you love, and go after it, with all of your heart.”

2. “Find something you love, and go after it, with all of your heart.”

Jim Abbott Quote: “I worked very hard. I felt I could play the game. The only thing that could stop me was myself.”

3. “I worked very hard. I felt I could play the game. The only thing that could stop me was myself.”

Jim Abbott Quote: “Never allow the circumstances of your life to become an excuse. People will allow you to do it. But I believe we have a personal obligation to make the most of the abilities we have.”

4. “Never allow the circumstances of your life to become an excuse. People will allow you to do it. But I believe we have a personal obligation to make the most of the abilities we have.”

Jim Abbott Quote: “I loved throwing a baseball. It is so important to find something in life you feel crazy about. Because you are so passionate you naturally practice. The hard work that it takes to do something well will come easily.”

5. “I loved throwing a baseball. It is so important to find something in life you feel crazy about. Because you are so passionate you naturally practice. The hard work that it takes to do something well will come easily.”

Jim Abbott Quote: “My goal is to encourage people to see the possibilities that life holds. So many great things can happen in life, if we can find our own way of doing things, and believe in ourselves, no matter what challenges surround you.”

6. “My goal is to encourage people to see the possibilities that life holds. So many great things can happen in life, if we can find our own way of doing things, and believe in ourselves, no matter what challenges surround you.”

Jim Abbott Quote: “If you keep harping on a disability, then you’ll start believing there is one. So I don’t.”

7. “If you keep harping on a disability, then you’ll start believing there is one. So I don’t.”

Jim Abbott Quote: “People will tell you that I overcame obstacles? Maybe. But the truth is I was incredibly blessed in my life. More was given than was ever taken away.”

8. “People will tell you that I overcame obstacles? Maybe. But the truth is I was incredibly blessed in my life. More was given than was ever taken away.”

Jim Abbott Quote: “The bible tells us to be grateful in every situation. I am grateful for mine.”

9. “The bible tells us to be grateful in every situation. I am grateful for mine.”

Jim Abbott Quote: “There are times when you’re tired and times when you don’t believe in yourself. That’s when you have to stick it out and draw on the confidence that you have deep down beneath all the doubts and worries.”

10. “There are times when you’re tired and times when you don’t believe in yourself. That’s when you have to stick it out and draw on the confidence that you have deep down beneath all the doubts and worries.”

Jim Abbott Quote: “It was always just trying to move to the next limit. I didn’t think about making the major leagues – every kid has that dream, I had it, but when I was in Little League I just wanted to make the junior high team. When I was in junior high, I wanted to make the Varsity team.”

11. “It was always just trying to move to the next limit. I didn’t think about making the major leagues – every kid has that dream, I had it, but when I was in Little League I just wanted to make the junior high team. When I was in junior high, I wanted to make the Varsity team.”

Jim Abbott Quote: “I think you need optimism. I believe that’s incredibly important that you be optimistic that you can do things different and still do them just as well. That’s very important to success – just to have a positive outlook. I know it’s not easy to do that.”

12. “I think you need optimism. I believe that’s incredibly important that you be optimistic that you can do things different and still do them just as well. That’s very important to success – just to have a positive outlook. I know it’s not easy to do that.”

Jim Abbott Quote: “I believe that challenges can push us beyond what we might otherwise be able to accomplish.”

13. “I believe that challenges can push us beyond what we might otherwise be able to accomplish.”

Jim Abbott Quote: “What’s cool about baseball is you don’t have to see someone for years, but when you see them, you just hustle up and give them a big hug. Those friendships endure.”

14. “What’s cool about baseball is you don’t have to see someone for years, but when you see them, you just hustle up and give them a big hug. Those friendships endure.”

Jim Abbott Quote: “My advice is that you go and do something that you are really driven to do. I loved to play baseball and, because I loved it, I practiced it. Some of us have limitations, but if you are passionate about something and if you have the drive, then you can accomplish it.”

15. “My advice is that you go and do something that you are really driven to do. I loved to play baseball and, because I loved it, I practiced it. Some of us have limitations, but if you are passionate about something and if you have the drive, then you can accomplish it.”

Jim Abbott Quote: “I hope what people learned from watching me is that just because you do things a little differently doesn’t mean you can’t do them just as well.”

16. “I hope what people learned from watching me is that just because you do things a little differently doesn’t mean you can’t do them just as well.”

Jim Abbott Quote: “In the 8th inning you can’t hear the roar of the 9th, all you can do to hold yourself together, and trust.”

17. “In the 8th inning you can’t hear the roar of the 9th, all you can do to hold yourself together, and trust.”

Jim Abbott Quote: “The no-hitter was the highlight of my career. The specialness of it, I didn’t know how lasting it would be when it happened. Everywhere I go, people talk about that game, how exciting it was. That makes me very proud. I’m awfully happy that a ball didn’t bloop in somewhere.”

18. “The no-hitter was the highlight of my career. The specialness of it, I didn’t know how lasting it would be when it happened. Everywhere I go, people talk about that game, how exciting it was. That makes me very proud. I’m awfully happy that a ball didn’t bloop in somewhere.”

Jim Abbott Quote: “I knew how far a little boy or girl could run with 50 words of reassurance.”

19. “I knew how far a little boy or girl could run with 50 words of reassurance.”

Jim Abbott Quote: “I think my career will be remembered for what it was and what it is, and I don’t need more than that.”

20. “I think my career will be remembered for what it was and what it is, and I don’t need more than that.”

Jim Abbott Quote: “One of the beautiful things about baseball is the history.”

21. “One of the beautiful things about baseball is the history.”

Jim Abbott Quote: “I still get a lot of letters from kids and parents who face different challenges and disabilities. I share some of the lessons that I learned through sports and baseball, which makes me feel good. It’s incredible to have an impact that way.”

22. “I still get a lot of letters from kids and parents who face different challenges and disabilities. I share some of the lessons that I learned through sports and baseball, which makes me feel good. It’s incredible to have an impact that way.”

Jim Abbott Quote: “I had an incredible experience living in New York, playing for the Yankees, to go through all of the things I did, including the no-hitter. It was a very memorable time.”

23. “I had an incredible experience living in New York, playing for the Yankees, to go through all of the things I did, including the no-hitter. It was a very memorable time.”

Jim Abbott Quote: “I want my career to be judged by what I did on the field. I appreciate the honors.”

24. “I want my career to be judged by what I did on the field. I appreciate the honors.”

Jim Abbott Quote: “I benefited from tremendous encouragement as a kid. So many people reached out to me, helped me, and believed in me even when I didn’t always believe in myself.”

25. “I benefited from tremendous encouragement as a kid. So many people reached out to me, helped me, and believed in me even when I didn’t always believe in myself.”

Jim Abbott Quote: “Slowing it all down and analyzing our mental approach is a surprisingly effective way of becoming a better player.”

26. “Slowing it all down and analyzing our mental approach is a surprisingly effective way of becoming a better player.”

Jim Abbott Quote: “I could always throw the ball pretty well and I worked pretty hard at learning how to play the game. But I didn’t consider it work as a kid, since I just loved playing baseball.”

27. “I could always throw the ball pretty well and I worked pretty hard at learning how to play the game. But I didn’t consider it work as a kid, since I just loved playing baseball.”

Jim Abbott Quote: “I always wanted to be a shortstop so I could play more often!”

28. “I always wanted to be a shortstop so I could play more often!”

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