Motivation Quote by Charley Lau

Charley Lau’s line lands like a clubhouse slap: stop treating mediocrity as fate. In baseball, .200 isn’t just a number; it’s the shorthand for “automatic out,” the stat that turns a hitter into a lineup liability. So when Lau says nobody should hit .200, he’s not shaming the struggling guy so much as attacking the culture of resignation that lets bad habits calcify. It’s a coach’s provocation, meant to irritate you into believing you’re fixable.

The second half is the real tell: anybody should hit .250. Not “a star should,” not “a naturally gifted athlete should” - anybody. Lau is selling a democratizing vision of hitting, one rooted in craft rather than mystique. Subtext: baseball over-romanticizes talent and under-invests in teachable fundamentals. Get your mechanics right, your approach sane, your preparation consistent, and .250 becomes a floor, not a dream.

Historically, the quote fits the era when “hitting instructors” began to look less like folklore merchants and more like specialists, especially as teams started valuing repeatable processes: pitch recognition, bat path, timing, situational plan. Lau’s point isn’t that .250 is easy; it’s that failure at .200 is often preventable. It’s an argument for agency inside a sport obsessed with probabilities, a reminder that the margin between helpless and competent can be as small - and as brutal - as one extra hit every couple of weeks.