Hitting Quotes - Page 27

• I do my best hitting when I'm walking. That means I'm relaxed and my pitch recognition is a lot better.

  Alex Rodriguez

  Mean, Recognition, Relaxed

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• I go out every day and try to play great defense. I know my hitting will improve.

  Torii Hunter

  Play, Trying, Defense

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• Opening the fridge door, I found a rat eating the cheese. My dealings with rodents, particularly those tagged verminous, have been few, but generally the pattern has been one of man, the boss, the caretaker of creation, the namer, appearing and the lower orders hitting the road.

  Tibor Fischer

  Men, Doors, Order

  Tibor Fischer (1997). “The Thought Gang”, p.63, Simon and Schuster

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• The silliest and most tendentious of baseball writing tries to wrest profundity from the spectacle of grown men hitting a ball with a stick by suggesting linkages between the sport and deep issues of morality, parenthood, history, lost innocence, gentleness, and so on, seemingly ad infinitum . (The effort reeks of silliness because baseball is profound all by itself and needs no excuses; people who don't know this are not fans and are therefore unreachable anyway.

  Stephen Jay Gould

  Sports, Baseball, Writing

  Stephen Jay Gould (1991). “Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural History”, W W Norton & Company Incorporated

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• British conversation is like a game of cricket or a boxing match; personal allusions are forbidden like hitting below the belt, and anyone who loses his temper is disqualified.

  Andre Maurois

  Games, Boxing, Cricket

  "The Silence of Colonel Bramble". Book by Andre Maurois, 1918.

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• Hitting. That's what I enjoy most. Realistically, it's probably the hardest thing to do in all of sport. Think about it. You've got a round ball, a round bat, and the object is to hit it square.

  Pete Rose

  Sports, Thinking, Squares

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• When you’re in school, every little mistake is a permanent crack in your windshield. But in the real world, if you’re not swerving around and hitting the guard rails every now and then, you’re not going fast enough. Your biggest risk isn’t failing; it’s getting too comfortable.

  Drew Houston

  Real, Mistake, School

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• There is a special sensation in getting good wood on the ball and driving a double down the left-field line as the crowd in the ballpark rises to its feet and cheers. But, I also remember how much fun I had as a skinny barefoot kid hitting a tennis ball with a broomstick on a quiet, dusty street in Panama.

  Rod Carew

  Cheer, Fun, Kids

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Baseball didn't really get into my blood until I knocked off that hitting streak. Getting a daily hit became more important to me than eating, drinking or sleeping.

  Joe DiMaggio

  Baseball, Drinking, Sleep

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• Well, the fella I got on there is hitting pretty good and I know he can make that throw, and if he don't make it that other fella I got coming has shown me a lot, and if he can't I have my guy and I know what he can do. On the other hand, the guy's not around now. And, well, this guy may be able to do it against left-handers if my guy ain't strong enough. I know one of my guys is gonna do it.

  Casey Stengel

  Strong, Yankees, Hands

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• We're richer, but that wealth doesn't reflect durable, authentic economic value - which is hitting fast diminishing returns. The growth that we're pursuing is neither sustainable - nor is it, in many ways, real growth at all. Boardrooms from finance to autos to energy to pharma to fashion have learned that the hard way.

  Umair Haque

  Fashion, Business, Real

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• Sometimes I feel like I'm making a connection with a stranger, but then it turns out I'm not. Like, I was in a mall, and I saw this lady hitting her kid. So I went up to her, and I was like, "Yeah, get him!" She got all mad at me. I was like, "I'm on your side here."

  Demetri Martin

  Funny, Kids, Your Side

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• Last time you bring me pie, I cut into it, with my tiny pie cutter, and millions of birds flew out hitting me in the eyes and the temples... it was a trick pie!

  Noel Fielding

  Funny, Humor, Eye

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• I like to sit in front of the computer, going through files of music, and recording the final vocals, guitars and what- nots. But the windows are always open and you can hear the crickets, birds, chickens, and even the sound of rain hitting the studio. The farm is a great place to hang out in, learn from and create music.

  Jason Mraz

  Rain, Guitar, Bird

  Source: www.timeout.com

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• You must never name the goal. You must never tell us the target you're hitting for. You must automatically go toward it without ever naming it.

  Ray Bradbury

  Names, Goal, Target

  Source: www.tangentonline.com

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• My horse's jockey was hitting the horse. The horse turns around and says "Why are you hitting me, there is nobody behind us!"

  Henny Youngman

  Funny, Horse, Humor

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• Rick Miller hit only one home run last year, and that's like hitting none.

  Jerry Coleman

  Funny, Baseball, Running

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• I was playing cowboys and Indians in the trees, and then I started hitting the golf club with clubs father sawed off for me, and I began playing right here with my father.

  Arnold Palmer

  Father, Golf, Cowboy

  Source: kellysgolfhistory.blogspot.com

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• I liked wrestling a lot better than boxing. I remember thinking at that time that wrestling was a pure demonstration of strength, which I was interested in, while boxing was just hitting somebody or getting hit, which didn't appeal to me. But a demonstration of strength was okay, so I chose wrestling.

  Scott Carpenter

  Wrestling, Thinking, Boxing

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• If I had played my career hitting singles like Pete (Rose), I'd wear a dress.

  Mickey Mantle

  Careers, Rose, Dresses

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The key to hitting is just plain working at it. Work, that's the real secret.

  Ted Williams

  Real, Work, Keys

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• Life is brought down to the basics: if you are warm, regular, healthy, not thirsty or hungry, then you are not on a mountain... Climbing at altitude is like hitting your head against a brick wall - it's great when you stop.

  Chris Darwin

  Funny, Wall, Climbing

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• I want to risk hitting my head on the ceiling of my talent. I want to really test it out and say: O.K., you're not that good. You just reached the level here. I don't ever want to fail, but I want to risk failure every time out of the gate.

  Quentin Tarantino

  Design, Risk, Ceilings

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• I'm more proud of the good rounds I've played while hitting the ball badly than of the great rounds while hitting the ball well. I understand my swing well enough to get myself through a tournament and win it. I've made it work.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Winning, Swings, Balls

  Golf Magazine Interview, www.golf.com. September 1988.

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• And the cool kids always had a stop sign in their bedroom. Which means: "I don't care if people die. I want my stop sign." At least the assumption was that they took it down from somewhere and now there are old ladies hitting each other head-on somewhere.

  Josh Smith

  Kids, Mean, People

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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