Strikeouts Quotes

• I've never heard a crowd boo a homer, but I've heard plenty of boos after a strikeout.

  Babe Ruth

  Baseball, Crowds, Heard

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• The only time I really try for a strikeout is when I'm in a jam. If the bases are loaded with none out, for example, then I'll go for a strikeout. But most of the time I try to throw to spots. I try to get them to pop up or ground out. On a strikeout I might have to throw five or six pitches, sometimes more if there are foul-offs. That tires me. So I just try to get outs. That's what counts - outs. You win with outs, not strikeouts.

  Sandy Koufax

  Baseball, Winning, Trying

  "My Greatest Day in Baseball, and Baseball's Greatest Quotations: An Illustrated Treasury". Book by Paul Dickson, 2008.

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• Each strikeout brings me closer to my next homerun.

  Babe Ruth

  Next

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• I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.

  Willie Stargell

  Experience, Proud, Learning Experience

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• Fall forward. Here's what I mean: Reggie Jackson struck out 2,600 times in his career - the most in the history of baseball. But you don't hear about the strikeouts. People remember the home runs. Fall forward. Thomas Edison conducted 1,000 failed experiments. Did you know that? I didn't either - because number 1,001 was the light bulb. Fall forward. Every failed experiment is one step closer to success.

  Denzel Washington

  Baseball, Running, Fall

  "Top 10 Commencement Speeches: Best of All Time (Video)" by Meena Jang, www.hollywoodreporter.com. March 08, 2015.

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• Babe Ruth was the home-run king of his time, but also the strikeout king.

  Dan Millman

  Running, Kings, Home

  Dan Millman (2010). “Body Mind Mastery: Training for Sport and Life”, p.48, New World Library

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• If you can get an out on one pitch, take it. Let the strikeouts come on the outstanding pitches. Winning is the big thing. If you throw a lot of pitches, before you know it, your arm is gone.

  Dwight Gooden

  Winning, Gone, Arms

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• You never go into a season thinking you're going to strike out 200 guys or that you would have the most double-digit strikeout games in the big leagues, or anything like that. You just try to win, and the outing becomes what the outing becomes.

  R.A. Dickey

  Winning, Thinking, Games

  "Master of the Knuckleball". Interview with Jeremy Stahl, www.slate.com. October 29, 2012.

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• Pro-rated at 500 at-bats a year that means that for two years out of the fourteen I played, I never even touched the ball.

  Norm Cash

  Baseball, Mean, Years

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• I was in the show for 21 days once-the 21 greatest days of my life. You know, you never handle your luggage in the show, somebody else carries your bags. It was great. You hit white balls for batting practice, the ballparks are like cathedrals, the hotels all have room service, and the women all have long legs and brains.

  Kevin Costner

  Money, Practice, White

  "Fictional character: Crash Davis". "Bull Durham", www.imdb.com. 1988.

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• Heck, if anybody told me I was setting a record (strikeouts in a game on July 30, 1933) I'd of got me some more strikeouts.

  Dizzy Dean

  July, Games, Records

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• I was never a strikeout pitcher. Why should I throw eight or nine balls to get a man out when I got away with three or four?

  Stan Coveleski

  Men, Eight, Nine

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• It gave me no chance. He (Nolan Ryan) just blew it (strikeout #5,000) by me. But its an honor. I'll have another paragraph in all the baseball books. I'm already in the books three or four times.

  Rickey Henderson

  Baseball, Book, Honor

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• He's going for the home run, I'm going for the grand slam. If he gets a lot of strikeouts, I'm getting a shutout. I just have that positivity, that mentality that I can conquer whatever he gives out.

  Nonito Donaire

  Running, Motivation, Home

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• Casey wanted us to stay loose. That didn't mean clowning around. He just meant we should be confident and relaxed. We shouldn't feel that one strikeout was going to end the season for us.

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, Mean, Be Confident

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• Do I want someone to get more hits than me? No. Do I want someone to hit more home runs than me? No. Do I want someone to have more RBI than me? No. I get a kick out of seeing the all-time leaders and my name's on top of every one, with the exception of strikeouts. I get a kick out of that.

  George Brett

  Running, Home, Names

  Interview with C. Trent Rosecrans, www.cbssports.com. July 8, 2012.

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• Out of ten swings at the bat, you get maybe seven strikeouts, two base hits, and if you are lucky, one home run. The base hits and the home runs pay for all the strikeouts

  Marc Andreessen

  Running, Home, Swings

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• I drove nice cars, I got a nice house. But now I'm steady missing you like a strikeout

  Drake

  Break Up, Breakup, Nice

  Song: Missin' You

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• Eddie is like one of those great relief pitchers in baseball who gets the strikeout at the right time. Belfour comes up with the great saves when you need them.

  Rick Tocchet

  Baseball, Relief, Needs

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• Any strikeout record worth having is in a Texas pitcher's pocket. I might come join them one day.

  Josh Beckett

  Texas, One Day, Pockets

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• My goal is to get outs as soon as I can. Strikeouts aren't that big a deal to me.

  Eli Manning

  Goal, Bigs, Deals

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• A macho attitude is totally to my advantage. Guys try to hit it 400 feet out of the park, but in softball you have to use a short, quick swing. Big, huge swings equal big, huge strikeouts.

  Jennie Finch

  Softball, Attitude, Swings

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• I don't try for strikeouts, but batters just swing and miss. I'd exchange strikeouts for more innings. As a starter, my job is to go deep into the game. When you get strikeouts, you throw a lot of pitches and sometimes you come out early.

  Johan Santana

  Jobs, Swings, Games

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• I resolved that women should have knowledge of contraception. They have every right to know about their own bodies. I would strikeout--I would scream from the housetops. I would tell the world what was going on in the lives of these poor women. I would be heard. No matter what it should cost. I would be heard.

  Margaret Sanger

  Should Have, Would Be, Cost

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• I've always noticed how the Fenway fans get behind the pitcher, especially late in the game if you're having a good game, or if you have two strikes on a hitter, they really start to chant and anticipate a strikeout. And that's the best part about playing in Boston and at Fenway. There are knowledgeable fans who anticipate the flow of the game and they can really help out the pitcher.

  David Cone

  Boston, Games, Two

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