It s not just enough to swing at the ball. You've got to loosen your girdle and really let the ball have it.
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BABE DIDRIKSON ZAHARIAS Loosen your girdle and let er fly!
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LL COOL J Jack Nicklaus liked to curve the ball by opening or closing the clubface at address. I never felt I ...
LEE TREVINO When I swing with no ball, it doesn't hurt. But when I swing at a ball, it hurts.
JUAN RIVERA Its the 11th inning, man. You've got to bring your 'A' game, like I always say, ... I just wanted to...
DAVID ORTIZ In the split second from the time the ball leaves the pitcher's hand until it reaches the plate ...
DUKE SNIDER We just did not execute in overtime, and the execution was really simple, ... They just got the ball...
KOBE BRYANT I was swinging to swing the bat, like he (assistant coach Alex Marconi) said. I want to swing at the...
BRAD MILLER For him to touch the ball 20 times a game is not enough. Put the ball in No. 24's hands and let him ...
ART VALERO In the split second from the time the ball leaves the pitcher's hand until it reaches the plate you ...
DUKE SNIDER I kept reminding myself to stay back, see the ball, let it get deep and then put a nice swing on it.
JOSH RODRIGUEZ Be relaxed and don't wave the bat, don't clench it. Be ready to hit down with the barrel of the bat....
PAUL WANER How to hit home runs: I swing as hard as I can, and I try to swing right through the ball... The har...
BABE RUTH I was telling myself not to do too much, not to try to hit the ball 600 feet, ... Just stay within m...
GREG DOBBS When he cuts down on his swing, and doesn't try to swing too hard, he puts good passes on the ball. ...
BILL ROBINSON With a chance to get on the scoreboard first, I just tried to have a compact swing. But I hit the ba...
HITOSHI TAMURA I'm not going to try in every at-bat to have a home-run swing. Take it easy. Take my pitch, hit the ...
FELIX PIE Tell your story to the universe and Let your actions speak LOVE.' No matter what it is.
NAPZ CHERUB PELLAZO I just wanted to get the ball. It didn't matter where I got it, I just wanted to shoot the ball.
ADAM FOARD When it comes to hitting solid drives, the secret is to swing within yourself. I know that sounds li...
SERGIO GARCIA I just wanted to deny him [the ball]. He got the ball a couple of times, but I just wanted to chase ...
ERIC FERGUSON Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it
SARA SHEPARD We have to have the receivers. You have to have somebody who can catch the ball. We're not going to ...
RUSS RADTKE I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES You're never feeling comfortable out there, ... You just try to trust your swing and let it go. If y...
JASON ELAM It was a 3-1 count and we had a run-and-hit on. I knew all I had to do was hit a ball through the in...
COLLIN COWGILL We didn't have enough time to get her the ball. We had to get a quick shot off and we got a pretty g...
TONY CROSS The ball did exactly what I wanted it to do, make him swing and miss.
BEN SHEETS We have some people who can swing, we just have to figure out how to pass and set to get them the ba...
DONNA MECHLEY I hit the ball decent enough. I've just got to get the putts in the hole.
DAVID ISHII You're cannon fodder unless you move the ball laterally on these wickets, but we utilized the ball a...
MONTY PANESAR They really slow it down offensively. They'll push the ball if they get a break, great. If not, they...
ANDY BARR We're doomed to repeat the past no matter what. That's what it is to be alive. It's pretty dense kid...
KURT VONNEGUT The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
BEN HOGAN Life's like a ball game. You gotta take a swing at whatever comes along before you wake up and f...
MARTIN GOLDSMITH I was right-handed and couldn't hit the ball. I was just dominated by right-handed pitchers. It occu...
LARRY HERMIDA If the ball does not fit your dog's mouth, it is not your ball.
AVESTA AFSHARI-MEHR I just decided not to let him get the ball anymore.
RASHAD ANDERSON Youve got to be an optimist to be a Democrat, and youve got to be a humorist to stay one.
WILL ROGERS That showed us where we really are. Wisconsin really showed us our strengths and weaknesses. That we...
ABBY FENNESSEY I love watching Anthony Kim play, but I'm not a fan of the way he grips down a good two inches o...
LEE TREVINO I'm the kind of guy who, if I look inside and they throw me a fastball outside, and it's a s...
MIGUEL CABRERA (West) played wonderfully. They just controlled the ball well. They passed pretty well, played real ...
JOE SANDERS We really didn't have to fix anything in Tiger's swing. We just had to shape some shots, curve the b...
BUTCH HARMON In the beginning the Universe was created.
This had made many people very angry and has been wi...
DOUGLAS ADAMS At this point, I'm really not going to worry about it. The only thing I can do is go out and hit the...
CRAIG WILSON I just told them to loosen up and pass the ball, take care of it. That was the key to the second hal...
BILL BUTTERWORTH Using assistive technology with your child prevents your child from missing out on content solely be...
SANDRA K. COOK He said, 'Just put the bat on the ball and let it happen. Robin got to the point where he walked up ...
FRANK THOMAS In order to honor God with your wealth, you first have to admit that you are rich. Most people won't...
CRAIG GROESCHEL Life is like the monkey bars: you have to let go to move forward. Once you make the decision to leap...
LEAH BUSQUE I'm always nervous. I was really nervous on that last one. You never feel calm. You just have to tru...
JASON ELAM It was just a lack of concentration, ... I've got to catch the ball.
JUSTIN MILLER You could hit a slice and then the ball would go up and the wind would blow it back at you. This is ...
RACHEL ELKINS If something looks good, I'm swinging. They pay me to hit. I look at the ball and swing.
VLADIMIR GUERRERO I feel good doing it. It's not like guys are stripping me at half-court or I'm just losing t...
KEVIN DURANT Maybe you've never fallen into a frozen stream. Here's what happens.
1. It is cold. So cold tha...
MAUREEN JOHNSON [Maryland] had a great game plan coming in and that plan was really just to hold the ball for as lon...
KEVIN HUNTLEY Trevor got a beautiful ball from the right side and volleyed it in. We managed to get the ball movin...
ALVIN JAMES Nowadays, it's hard to find the best horror and to be interesting and to be afraid of it!
DEYTH BANGER Nice to see a freshman get the hit. He's good. Not afraid. (He) just got up there, got a fast ball a...
DWAYNE FOLLETTE We just kept playing hard away from the ball and at the ball. We knew the ball was ours, and we play...
CHAD KISON We hit the ball hard today. It was just right at people. Sometimes it just doesn't go your way.
JUSTIN SMOAK I didn't think he would swing at it. Brandon has hit the ball off me well since we were 10.
KRIS KORSGADEN I just have a lot more confidence up there. I changed my swing a little during the summer, sit back ...
JARRED WALLACE We wanted to put pressure up front and then kick it long, but of course the ball would just go right...
PATRICK ARNEY Ball got the ball to me with a back-heel flip over his head and I just had to touch it in. Johnny di...
BERNIE LILAVOIS You can't make those mistakes in the end of the game, let alone that deep in your own [territory]. W...
DESHAWN WYNN It doesn't take long when you've got Steve. You just plant your feet and stay steady and wait for th...
KURT THOMAS If a director brings a guy to their movie who does improv, they've got to let him do what he doe...
J. B. SMOOVE It was just a lack of concentration, ... I?ve got to catch the ball.
JUSTIN MILLER It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square.
PETE ROSE I love a big play, but we've got to run the ball more. We all know that. We've got to take pressure ...
MIKE HASS I'm always nervous, ... I was really nervous on that last one. You
never feel calm. You just ha...
JASON ELAM Rising really attacks the ball. I don't have to tell him what to do; he just gets after it.
ADAM HYNDMAN We are playing the ball down. In some matches, they'll be able to roll the ball. And, we'll be more ...
STEVE HILL We really weren't in control of the ball in the first half. We were not playing at our pace. We had ...
CORBIN DONALDSON It's our ball and anything but that. It was a combination of execution. One guy not coming hard enou...
JOE MIHALICH We hit a couple of shots in the third to loosen us up. Plus we gave Cara the ball to let her get goi...
KIT KYLE PUCKETT I would pay a lot of money just to be able to swing one blow of the wrecking ball.
JEFFREY LEWIS It?s not like it?s my goal to go out there and score the first nine. They got me the ball in the rig...
BLAGOJ JANEV I've got to throw that ball higher and out of bounds. It was just a major-league mistake on my part....
DREW BLEDSOE Green synthetic practice mats are the worst thing for your golf game that I know of. You can hit six...
LEE TREVINO We have to play that way every day. We can?t take anything for granted. We let the ball do the work,...
DALE WATKINS A big part of managing a golf course is managing your swing on the course. A lot of guys can go out ...
JACK NICKLAUS Jack Nicklaus liked to curve the ball by opening or closing the clubface at address. I never felt I ...
LEE TREVINO Don't forget to swing hard, in case you hit the ball.
WOODIE HELD Here, the hitting coach said see the ball and hit it, and swing how you want to. That's what I'm doi...
MIGUEL OLIVO They played well. You've got to give props where it's due. That ball was just bouncing their way, re...
HASSAN ADAMS She pitched a good ball game. She didn't just throw, she pitched a good ball game. She found out tha...
JOE LEE I thought we played pretty well, but we just didn't make enough plays. That was the thing we've got ...
CHARLES WOODSON At Walsh, ... it was almost like, 'Let Rob post up and give him the ball.'
ROBERT WHALEY I saw Kelsey send that ball and I just took off; I don't know how I got in. I remember touching the ...
EMMA JONES Those were two big hits. We had more chances and did not hit the ball hard. It is really difficult [...
GREGG WIKIERAK If you're not sure what to do with the ball, just pop it in the net and we'll discuss your options a...
BILL SHANKLY Conditions were not favorable since they were windy and cold. I just tried to keep the ball down and...
BRITTANY CHENEY I think in the past few years, our MO (modus operandi) has just been ball security, trying to hold o...
BRENT PEASE That's just the way I play, ... I want the ball so I do what I have to to get to it. I just go to th...
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BABE RUTH Paris ain't much of a town.
BABE RUTH Baseball changes through the years. It gets milder.
BABE RUTH Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit.
BABE RUTH All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill.
BABE RUTH If I'd just tried for them dinky singles I could've batted around .600.
BABE RUTH I'll promise to go easier on drinking and to get to bed earlier, but not for you, fifty thousand...
BABE RUTH Don't ever forget two things I'm going to tell you. One, don't believe everything that...
BABE RUTH All I can tell them is pick a good one and sock it. I get back to the dugout and they ask me what it...
BABE RUTH If it wasn't for baseball, I'd be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.
BABE RUTH I learned early to drink beer, wine and whiskey. And I think I was about 5 when I first chewed tobac...
BABE RUTH Gee, its lonesome in the outfield. It's hard to keep awake with nothing to do.
BABE RUTH I didn't mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.
BABE RUTH Let me show you how it's done... Loser!
BABE RUTH Who is richer? The man who is seen, but cannot see? Or the man who is not being seen, but can see?
BABE RUTH As soon as I got out there I felt a strange relationship with the pitcher's mound. It was as if ...
BABE RUTH I'm still one of those persons who prefers to wear pants, especially for at-home entertaining.
BABE PALEY I like the sudden shock of non-sequitur color. Color, in fact, is my weakness.
BABE PALEY The look of being too deliberately dressed, with everything cautiously matching, always bores me.
BABE PALEY Neatness - which is grooming, after all - is definitely the most important requirement.
BABE PALEY It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.
BABE RUTH It's hard to beat a person who never gives up.
BABE RUTH You just can't beat the person who never gives up.
BABE RUTH All anger is not sinful, because some degree of it, and on some occasions, is inevitable. But it bec...
BABE PALEY The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individua...
BABE RUTH Watch my dust.
BABE RUTH I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.
BABE RUTH I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.
BABE RUTH I have only one superstition. I touch all the bases when I hit a home run.
BABE RUTH The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individua...
BABE RUTH Yesterday's home runs don't win today's games.
BABE RUTH Even on my worst day I'm Kill'n it!
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BABE PARILLI I'd go out and get plenty of respect. But they would still call me Gino. He would go out and be call...
BABE PARILLI We had great fans, but they were hard fans. They used to cheer when I got hurt. We did have to prove...
BABE PARILLI The New York Giants had been big in New England for years ? they were New England's team. Their game...
BABE PARILLI I won't be happy until we have every boy in America between the ages of six and sixteen wearing ...
BABE RUTH You just can't beat the person who never gives up.
BABE RUTH Reading isn't good for a ballplayer. Not good for his eyes. If my eyes went bad even a little bi...
BABE RUTH Practice, which some regard as a chore, should be approached as just about the most pleasant recrea...
BABE DIDRIKSON I have seldom known a person, who deserted the truth in trifles and then could be trusted in matters...
BABE PALEY Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.
BABE RUTH It's hard to beat somebody when they don't give up
BABE RUTH How to hit home runs: I swing as hard as I can, and I try to swing right through the ball... The har...
BABE RUTH If it wasn't for baseball, I'd be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.
BABE RUTH Gee, its lonesome in the outfield. It's hard to keep awake with nothing to do.
BABE RUTH Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.
BABE RUTH I never heard a crowd boo a homer, but I've heard plenty of boos after a strikeout.
BABE RUTH All I can tell them is pick a good one and sock it. I get back to the dugout and they ask me what it...
BABE RUTH Yesterday's home runs don't win today's games.
BABE RUTH Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
BABE RUTH I didn't mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.
BABE RUTH You can never be too rich or too thin.
BABE PALEY I think we've done a lot better than expected against some of these teams, ... These are teams that ...
BABE RUTH Let me show you how it's done ... Loser!
BABE RUTH I'd play for half my salary if I could hit in this dump [Wrigley Field] all the time.
BABE RUTH Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back.
BABE RUTH Reading isn't good for a ballplayer. Not good for his eyes. If my eyes went bad even a little bit I ...
BABE RUTH I won't be happy until we have every boy in America between the ages of six and sixteen wearing a gl...
BABE RUTH If I'd just tried for them dinky singles I could've batted around .600.
BABE RUTH Paris ain't much of a town.
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BABE RUTH I can't have 3, ... so I just put a 1 in front of it. Also, I was a big Dan Marino fan growing up an...
BABE RUTH I'll promise to go easier on drinking and to get to bed earlier, but not for you, fifty thousand dol...
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BABE WALKER Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game
BABE RUTH