Hitting Quotes - Page 3

My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.

Erma Bombeck

Family, Mom, Mother

Erma Bombeck (2011). “I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression”, p.96, Fawcett

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There are two theories on hitting the knuckleball. Unfortunately, neither of them work.

Charley Lau

Inspirational, Motivational, Baseball

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It's pitching, hitting and defense that wins. Any two can win. All three make you unbeatable.

Joe Garagiola

Inspirational, Motivational, Winning

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Slump? I ain't in no slump... I just ain't hitting.

Yogi Berra

Motivational, Baseball, Coaching

Quoted in Sports Illustrated, 2 Apr. 1984

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I know I am getting better at golf because I am hitting fewer spectators.

Gerald R. Ford

Funny, Sports, Golf

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There is no such thing as natural touch. Touch is something you create by hitting millions of golf balls.

Lee Trevino

Sports, Perseverance, Golf

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Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. Not all holes, or games, are created equal.

George Will

Sports, Baseball, Mlb

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Concentrate on hitting the green. The cup will come to you.

Cary Middlecoff

Golf, Green, Cups

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During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at-bats a season. That means I played 7 years without ever hitting the ball.

Mickey Mantle

Sports, Baseball, Mean

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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ISIS is a monstrosity. It didn't come from nowhere. It's one of the results of the U.S. hitting a very vulnerable society - Iraq - with a sledgehammer.

Noam Chomsky

Iraq, Isis, Vulnerable

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When I was a young fellow I was knocked down plenty. I wanted to stay down, but I couldn't. I had to collect the two dollars for winning or go hungry. I had to get up. I was one of those hungry fighters. You could have hit me on the chin with a sledgehammer for five dollars. When you haven't eaten for two days you'll understand.

Jack Dempsey

Motivational, Sports, Food

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They throw the ball, I hit it. They hit the ball, I catch it.

Willie Mays

Sports, Baseball, African American

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Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.

Barry Switzer

Life, Motivational, Sports

"The Unknown Barry Switzer - Poverty, Tragedy Build Oklahoma Coach into a Winner". Chicago Tribune, December 14, 1986.

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Hit the nail on the head.

John Heywood

Wise, Wisdom, Latin

John Heywood (1963). “A Dialogue of Proverbs”, Berkeley : University of California Press

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Tattoo is the magic word. It hits people in a way that no other visual medium does. And it is not simply visual, but visceral. Everybody has an opinion about it and everybody has a gut reaction. And because they are permanent, tattoos raise all these issues about life and death.

Don Ed Hardy

Tattoo, Issues, People

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One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.

Bob Marley

Funny, Music, Wisdom

Song: Trenchtown Rock

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If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.

Winston Churchill

Inspirational, Inspiring, Time

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When I dunk, I put something on it. I want the ball to hit the floor before I do.

Darryl Dawkins

Basketball, Sports, Balls

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Ambition may be defined as the willingness to receive any number of hits on the nose.

Wilfred Owen

Funny, Ambition, Numbers

Wilfred Owen (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Wilfred Owen (Illustrated)”, p.479, Delphi Classics

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I played seven years without ever hitting the ball.

Mickey Mantle

Baseball, Inspirational Sports, Motivational Sports

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Saturday Night Live is hitting me on a regular basis again. This is my fourth decade that I've been lampooned on Saturday Night Live

Geraldo Rivera

Night, Literature, Saturday

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Just when you think you're hitting your stride someone will shout "cut" and ask you to move your head to the left. It's such an awkward process. You try to make it passionate but it ends up being mechanical.

Drew Barrymore

Moving, Cutting, Thinking

Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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I never blame myself when I'm not hitting. I just blame the bat and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it isn't my fault that I'm not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?

Yogi Berra

Funny, Change, Baseball

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How can you think and hit at the same time?

Yogi Berra

Sports, Baseball, Yoga

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Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

George S. Patton

Inspirational, Positive, Success

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