Swinging For The Fences Quotes

• And I hate to see artists who are real safe. I love to see artists swing for the fences sometimes.

  Lee Ann Womack

  Hate, Real, Artist

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• I've always swung the same way. The difference is when I swing and miss, people say, 'He's swinging for the fences.' But when I swing and make contact people say, 'That's a nice swing.' But there's no difference, it's the same swing.

  Sammy Sosa

  Nice, Swings, Differences

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• When it comes to storytelling, not taking risks is riskier than swinging for the fences. I have very simple ambitions when it comes to taking risks in storytelling and programming. I try very hard to avoid the expected.

  David Nevins

  Ambition, Simple, Risk

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• [On swinging for the fences] Ultimately, you have the potential to build a significant business with the potential to have a positive impact on millions of people's lives.

  Steve Case

  Life Changing, Impact, People

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• The passion, the competitiveness, the swinging for the fences, it adds up.

  Donny Deutsch

  Passion, Winning, Add

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• I did interviews with most of the TechCrunch50 experts backstage and there was a common gripe about the companies launching there: Not enough passion, not enough swinging for the fences, not enough trying to change the world... One big exception was CitySourced - a company that excited Kevin Rose precisely because it was trying to build something that doesn't really exist today and would make a huge difference in people's lives. It was the most excited I saw an expert about anything over the two-day event.

  Sarah Lacy

  Passion, Two, Differences

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• I was a better builder than a manager. I'd rather focus on maximizing the opportunities swinging for the fences than minimizing the risk with bunts and singles.

  Steve Case

  Opportunity, Focus, Risk

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• People will respect what wrestling has to offer to this world. It will take educating themselves on more than just guys in there swinging for the fences.

  Clay Guida

  Wrestling, People, Guy

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• There's no worse feeling than being in front of a guy with six-pack abs, muscles popping out of his shoulders, veins popping out of his arms, and you know he's swinging for the fences, in front of all your friends and family, and you can't breathe. You can't breathe no matter how much moves you know. You start to panic. You start to feel a drowning sensation. It's the worst feeling in the world.

  Jon Jones

  Moving, Guy, Feelings

  "Exclusive interview: Jon Jones talks arrest, UFC 197 bout with St. Preux". Interview with Jon Wertheim, www.si.com. April 19, 2016.

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