Home Run Quotes - Page 2

• No one hit home runs the way Babe (Ruth) did. They were something special. They were like homing pigeons. The ball would leave the bat, pause briefly, suddenly gain its bearings, then take off for the stands.

  Lefty Gomez

  Running, Home, Special

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• After I hit a home run I had a habit of running the bases with my head down. I figured the pitcher already felt bad enough without me showing him up rounding the bases.

  Mickey Mantle

  Sports, Baseball, Running

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

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• When I hit a home run I usually didn't care where it went. So long as it was a home run was all that mattered.

  Mickey Mantle

  Sports, Running, Home

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• If I'd just tried for them dinky singles I could've batted around .600.

  Babe Ruth

  Sports, Baseball, Singles

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• Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.

  Casey Stengel

  Sports, Baseball, Running

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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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• Reading isn't good for a ballplayer. Not good for his eyes. If my eyes went bad even a little bit I couldn't hit home runs. So I gave up reading.

  Babe Ruth

  Sports, Baseball, Running

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• We're so bad right now that for us back-to-back home runs means one today and another one tomorrow.

  Earl Weaver

  Running, Home, Mean

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• Have the courage of your own convictions and don't be swayed by friends who boast about their financial home runs. Last year's winners are often this year's losers.

  Nancy Dunnan

  Running, Home, Years

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• Back, back, back, back. Gone.

  Chris Berman

  Baseball, Gone

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

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• Can I be cocky for a second? If I hit a home run 80 percent of the times, and you want to talk about the 20 times I miss swinging the bat, I’m okay with that.

  Jon Taffer

  Running, Cocky, Home

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• I never thought home runs were all that exciting. I still think the triple is the most exciting thing in baseball. To me, a triple is like a guy taking the ball on his 1-yard line and running 99 yards for a touchdown.

  Hank Aaron

  Baseball, Running, Home

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• Nicknames are baseball, names like Zeke and Pie and Kiki and Home Run and Cracker and Dizzy and Dazzy.

  Ernie Harwell

  Baseball, Running, Home

  "Ernie Harwell, in His Own Words" by Tyler Kepner, bats.blogs.nytimes.com. May 4, 2010.

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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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• Today, there are more opportunities for writers in terms of access to larger success, but it's more difficult to publish a literary novel in the lower ranges. In other words, you almost have to hit a home run. You can hit a triple, maybe, but nobody's interested in a single.

  James Lee Burke

  Running, Home, Writing

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• If you are anything like me you'll have to fight tooth-and-nail to stay in the game (evangelism). Because although the home runs have been invigorating, my batting average over the years is abysmally low.

  Bill Hybels

  Running, Home, Fighting

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• The first time I picked up a bat in a professional game, I hit a ball hard left-handed, and my first home run was so effortless, it surprised me.

  Chili Davis

  Running, Home, Games

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• Home-run hitters drive Cadillacs

  Ralph Kiner

  Running, Home, Cadillacs

  Ralph Kiner, Joe Gergen (1987). “Kiner's korner: at bat and on the air-- my 40 years in baseball”, Arbor House Pub Co

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• I was thinking (when he hit his 500th home run) about my mother and dad, about all the people in the Chicago Cubs organization that helped me and about the wonderful Chicago fans who have come out all these years to cheer me on. They've been a great inspiration to me.

  Ernie Banks

  Running, Baseball, Mother

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• I get on base by making good contact with the ball. But whenever I hit a home run, I'm as surprised as everybody else.

  Amos Otis

  Running, Home, Balls

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• The career 500th home run for Michael Jack Schmidt!

  Harry Kalas

  Running, Home, Careers

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• There'll be a man on the moon before Gaylord Perry hits a home run.

  Alvin Dark

  Running, Home, Moon

  "Pimping for the designated fan" by Jon Carroll, www.sfgate.com. July 13, 2009.

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• I don't think Hank's home run record will ever be broken. There's no way.

  David Justice

  Broken Heart, Running, Home

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• Ozzie Newsome hit a home run by drafting Bernard Pierce. He is a great compliment to Ray Rice.

  Marshall Faulk

  Running, Home, Rays

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• The home run became glorified with Babe Ruth. Starting with him, batters have been thinking in terms of how far they could hit the ball, not how often.

  Rogers Hornsby

  Running, Home, Thinking

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