Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dav Whatmore

If the pitch is going to deteriorate batting second then I don't think it is going to make too much of a difference. But in good conditions an extra batsman will certainly help chasing down the score.

If selected he'll return for Central Districts as a batter in the next (State Championship) round (next week). So we're hopeful there will be progress.

Reggie Jackson

I just told him what my father used to tell me. As long as you have a bat in your hand, you can re-write the story.

Robinson Cano

I just said, 'God, this at bat is my first one (in the playoffs) and we've got to take a lead. We're playing away and if you can help me I can get a hit in this at-bat right here,'

Buddy Bell

I just repeat myself every night -- take my quotes from yesterday and write them down again. This is the big leagues, and my gosh, you have to swing the bat better than that.

Willie Randolph

I just remember thinking in my mind, 'Throw him a slider. Just throw him a slider. Give him something soft.' Loop kept throwing fastballs, and he probably got one in the zone and he put a bat on it.

I really think we're getting better defensively. We just need our bats to wake up.

David Cronenberg

I remember somebody saying to Joel Schumacher about one of his Batman movies, 'Isn't that over the top?' ... And he said, 'Well, nobody pays to see under the top.' I wish I could just say that. But I think you learn something when you go to extremes.

Matthew Hoggard

I remember sitting in the dressing-room at Lord's then and chewing the bat handle off, not knowing how I was going to score runs. This time I was very confident of being able to help knock off the 14 runs we needed.

James Marsh

I remember from my school days Archimedes jumping into his bath and displacing water and coming up with his famous principle, and of course Isaac Newton being hit on the head with an apple. In other words, this realm of human knowledge - which is mathematical, essentially - can have a playful visual element to it.

Barry Bonds

I'll take a 2-for-the-rest-of-the-season as long as we win the World Series. I have not swung the bat well in the past and the team has won games. There are times you're going to be a big part of it and times you're not going to be part of it. ... It's just fun to win. I'll be fine.

I'll go in for a few days and see if the staff has any needs. I'll look at the players to see what progress they're making, see who needs to go up or who might need to be released. I'll even spell the coaches by pitching batting practice. Mostly, though, it's a lot of early work, working on individual skills and needs.

I live in a small apartment. There's only so much Batman memorabilia a guy can hang on to in New York City.

I know every time these countries meet it is a battle and it will be a war. That is the way it has been in the past and I do not expect anything different.

Reed Johnson

I know I can play every day in this league. As far as the (Jays') moves, I didn't even think, 'Gee I'm glad they didn't make any outfield moves. We got a couple of pitchers we needed. We needed a closer and we got that. We needed a power bat and we got that. Wow!

In these mid-week contests, we try to get as many people work as possible and still give ourselves a chance to win. Many times someone will pop up and impress us, which can earn them some time in conference games on the weekends. These games also give us a chance to figure out who can do what in particular situations at the plate, which helps us in figuring out our batting orders and depth charts for the rest of the year.

I just have so much respect for our seniors and our kids and the battle and spirit that they had. It would have been so easy for that game to turn into like a 9-2 game.

Dontrelle Willis

I just have enough trouble trying to concentrate on myself, to be totally honest. I'm a high-energy guy, and I'm a young guy, and I still battle every day going out there and controlling that and trying to focus on doing the job at hand.

I just go up to bat and try to stay relaxed, not get tense and swing.

Jacque Jones

I haven't felt good about my batting average. I'm sick about it. I can't stand it. I know I'm much better than a .250 hitter.

I have to say that in the case of Ratko Mladic we are waging a double battle -- with time and with the fact that the fugitive general is hiding himself very well.

Felipe Alou

I haven't talked to him. The only information I have has come from the medical people. I don't believe he's doing a whole lot right now. But probably swinging the bat like he always does.

Justin Morneau

I haven't swung that small a bat since I was in high school, but I figured it was working for him so I might as well try it, too. I told him I wanted to use his, because they have hits in them. He hasn't broken any bats this year, but I've broken six of his. But I figure as long as I keep getting hits, I can keep using them.

Adam Kennedy

I really think it's all in your head. I always say it's just the bat and the ball. If you're a good hitter, you're a good hitter.

I really felt like they fed off of each other and kept wanting to be better every shift. Each line just started to battle a little bit more, a little bit more, a little bit more.

Hey, you can't take anything away from Lakewood Ranch. They put their bats on the ball, threw strikes and played good defense.

Hey. I wasn't real good at math, but I knew how to figure my batting average.

Hideki Matsui

He's telling me to just relax, ... and swing the bat your own way.

He started off rough. But he settled down after that and gave us some good innings. We swung the bats well and only made one error so it was a good effort for us.

Felipe Alou

He's swinging the bat now, no question. He's starting to sting the ball.

He's supposed to contact me and keep me informed. All I can tell you is that FEMA put a request in for a fire chief to help rebuild or reorganize fire departments from Baton Rouge south.

He's supposed to contact me and keep me informed, ... All I can tell you is that FEMA put a request in for a fire chief to help rebuild or reorganize fire departments from Baton Rouge south.

Eric Schaeffer

Hopefully, what comes through is that it's certainly about much more than eating disorders. It's about four people battling the challenges of humanity the excitement, the successes, the pathos, the struggles with finding love and spirituality and careers that work.