Pitching Quotes - Page 9

• If you don't have outstanding relief pitching, you might as well piss on the fire and call the dogs.

  Whitey Herzog

  Dog, Fire, Relief

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• If you saw that Yankee pitching too often, there would be a lot of guys doing different jobs.

  Joe Rudi

  Jobs, Yankees, Guy

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• Kids don't learn the fundamentals of baseball at the games anymore.

  Bill Lee

  Baseball, Kids, Games

  Bill Lee (2003). “The Little Red (Sox) Book: A Revisionist Red Sox History”, Triumph Books (IL)

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• I have a side of me that doesn't care. I really enjoy physical comedy, thinking of an idea and pitching it to the director.

  Isla Fisher

  Thinking, Ideas, Directors

  "Isla Fisher Talks Confessions of a Shopaholic". Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment interview, movieweb.com. June 29, 2009.

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• The two biggest things that translate from a pitching mound to hunting and fishing are patience and perseverance. When you're on the mound, you have to take the game one pitch at a time, regardless of the score, and that approach helps when I'm in the woods or out on the water as well.

  Jon Lester

  Perseverance, Hunting, Fishing

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• I love pitching in front of big crowds and in huge stadiums.

  Tim Hudson

  Crowds, Bigs, Stadiums

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• At home, when I'm not pitching, I'll sit and sign autographs for the kids. I've always done that and I'll continue to do it. That's part of the job.

  Kerry Wood

  Jobs, Home, Kids

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• Skillful pitching... is a necessary, but not sufficient, part of raising capital. More important are the realities of your organization: Are you building something meaningful, long lasting, and valuable to society?

  Guy Kawasaki

  Meaningful, Reality, Organization

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• To gain paying customers you'll need to focus on attracting the right followers, and not just on attracting the most. Communicate often with useful information to increase your value, and focus on pitching your product in a genuine way. Make sure you have a professional web presence, and with any luck, you should start noticing your efforts pay off.

  David Rusenko

  Focus, Effort, Luck

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• When I was 15 years old, I used to actually dream I was pitching in Yankee Stadium. Bill Dickey was my catcher.

  Tommy Lasorda

  Dream, Yankees, Years

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• When you're pitching, you always have to make continual improvements. You always have to better yourself throughout your career.

  Brad Lidge

  Careers, Improvement, Better Yourself

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• Pitching in the Olympic Games, Pan Am Games and Central American games prepared me to pitch at the big-league level.

  Jose Contreras

  Games, League, Levels

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• Don Cooper is an incredible person. He's not only a great pitching coach, but he's a great human being and a great friend.

  Jose Contreras

  Great Friend, Incredibles, Coaches

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• I've been pitching a show of five female stand-up comedians through the generations, from Phyllis Diller to Amy Schumer, so when I got an e-mail asking me if I would participate in the Women in Comedy Festival, I was thrilled.

  Wendy Liebman

  Comedian, Festivals, Mail

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• On the days I'm pitching, it's almost a coin flip as to know if the guys behind me are going to be there to play 100%.

  Cory Lidle

  Play, Guy, Flipping A Coin

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• Put the right pitching mechanics together with good health, and there's nothing surprising about lasting a long time.

  Nolan Ryan

  Baseball, Long, Together

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• My stuff was all right, but it's not about pitching good. It's about winning. I pitched just good enough to lose.

  Greg Maddux

  Baseball, Winning, Stuff

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• I never get nervous. Baseball consists of two things: hitting and pitching, and we've got both.

  Carl Pohlad

  Baseball, Two, Hitting

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• If you're a pitcher, and you're pitching and you strike me out and you start celebrating on the mound and showing me off, whenever I get a hit off you, I'm going to go and celebrate, and you shouldn't get mad. If you're a pitcher and strike me out and show me respect and you don't show me up, when I get a homer or a hit, I'm not going to show you up. That's what I believe.

  Bengie Molina

  Believe, Mad, Celebrate

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• We're always pitching ideas and being told "no thank you." No offense taken, because I would so much rather be told the truth that they're not interested and be able to find the right show for that network down the line.

  J. J. Abrams

  Taken, Ideas, Able

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• Rule of thumb: The more trimmings an insurance plan has and the harder someone is pitching it, the faster you should run.

  Andrew Tobias

  Running, Thumbs, Faster

  "The Invisible Bankers, Everything The Insurance Industry Never Wanted You To Know". Book by Andrew Tobias, 1982.

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• I had been having trouble with my eyes. One day my glasses fogged up while I was pitching, but when I cleaned them and looked at the plate and saw Foxx clearly, it frightened me so much I never wore them again.

  Lefty Gomez

  Eye, Yankees, Glasses

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• I can't recall too much about pitching, but I do remember that I was anxious to get it over with. I just wanted to get that first game over with and go from there.

  Dennis Eckersley

  Sports, Games, Too Much

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• I think we match up with anybody because our pitching. In a short series you run your big three out there or four out there. That generally is what wins a series - pitching and defense. If we can catch the ball and not give away any runs like we do sometimes.

  Dusty Baker

  Sports, Running, Winning

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• I've never had anyone put on a puppet show to convince me of anything. And I've done a lot of stuff. I don't know that I would put the puppets on when I was pitching a show. This was the head of the studio putting a puppet show on. And I'll tell you, he wasn't bad.

  Garry Shandling

  Done, Puppets, Stuff

  "Interview: Garry Shandling (Over The Hedge)". Interview with Devin Faraci, www.chud.com. May 19, 2006.

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