Quotes by Baseball I don't know what you guys say, but at home, life is way different from baseball. Barry Bonds baseball home sports I've played everything - baseball, football, basketball. I can still swim a mile a day. That's why I can't walk. Barry Goldwater basketball baseball football In baseball, when you get into the batter's box, that's it. It's just you. It's one man against the world. All that matters in that moment is your individual achievement and your individual skill. There is literally nothing that anyone else on your team can do for you. Hell, they're all sitting on the bench, waiting to see what happens, just like the fans in the crowd! It's just you and your bat. And the ball. Barry Lyga team baseball men Here’s the thing about baseball-it’s not the individual sport I thought it was. Turns out I was wrong about that. Yeah, the batter is a lone man against the world. He stands in the batter’s box like a soldier and it’s up to him-and him alone-what happens next. But here’s the thing I didn’t understand until I was forced to, until recently: In order to hit a home run… Someone else has to pitch the ball. Barry Lyga baseball running sports I grew up playing everything from rugby, football, baseball, volleyball, bike races and boxing. I tried martial arts, loved to ride horses and I'm the youngest of three brothers, so it was a fiercely competitive family. Barry Pepper volleyball baseball football The feel of a good row stays with you hours afterward. Your muscles glow, your mind wanders from the papers on you desk and goes back, again and again, to that terrific power piece at the end of the workout when it felt as if you and the boat were flying, as if you legs were two cannons and your arms were two oars and the great lateral muscles of your back were pterodactyl wings and the brim of your baseball cap was a harpoon. Barry S. Strauss workout baseball wings I'd never even been to Wrigley Field. I never even enjoyed baseball that much, but I loved being there, the crowd was lovely, and they all sang with me! Bea Arthur crowds lovely baseball Pac-Man? Or is it Donkey Kong?” In truth, it looked a little more violent and military. A slow grin spread over his face. “Baseball. Think maybe you could stand behind me and give me a few pointers? Becca Fitzpatrick military baseball men I couldn't picture myself with a boyfriend, but if I had to, I envisioned a nice normal guy who turned in his math homework on time and maybe even played rec baseball. Becca Fitzpatrick nice baseball math One theme that fascinates me is cognitive enhancement. It seems only a matter of time until we live in a world where steroids for the brain are readily available to all. And once we come to grips with that reality, I suspect the debate over the ethics will be much more heated than the debate over steroids in baseball or any other sport, where the use is limited to a select group of freakish athletes. Ben Casnocha athlete baseball sports I was planning to be a baseball player until I ran into something called a curveball. And that set me back. Ben Chandler planning player baseball I did not vote Labour because they've heard of Oasis and nobody is going to vote Tory because William Hague has got a baseball cap. Ben Elton oasis vote baseball I'm not like a 90-mph fastball kind of guy, but I can hit 70 on radar gun. Ben Gibbard gun player baseball When I was a kid and we played baseball we used to use that "eye black" stuff sometimes - that kind of grease you put under your eyes to reduce glare or something. We only used it, of course, to look cool; it's not like we were any better prepubescent athletes for reducing glare. Ben Lerner athlete baseball kids We're baseball players. We don't need guys telling us, 'Hey, you need to hurry. Hey, you need to do this. Hey, you need to step up.' We are professionals, we can do that without anybody telling us. I'm OK with it, but we need to do it on our own. Bengie Molina guy player baseball We [ me and brother] wanted to win at things like basketball games or baseball games, but off the field we never felt like we had to compete with each other. Bengie Molina basketball brother baseball I think my mom and dad did a great job with that, because we [with brother] never had any competition in baseball. We always tried to help each other. Bengie Molina mom brother baseball You have to have a lot of motivation, a lot of heart and be able to work hard. You can never be down on yourself because baseball is a sport that will bring you down [at times]. Bengie Molina motivation baseball sports The whole history of baseball has the quality of mythology. Bernard Malamud mythology quality baseball Politics is not a baseball game with winners or losers. What politics is about is whether we protect the needs of millions of people in this country who are hurting. Bernie Sanders baseball hurt country «4567891011121314»
