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The thing about throwing a fastball is, you want it to be easy, you want it to be effortless.
The last time I put on this uniform (Cincinnati), I think I was eight, for a father-son game.
The two misconceptions of me are I didn't work hard, and that everything I made it look easy.
Photography by nature is spiritual, considering it comes from the darkness to show the light.
Right now, it's just a matter of getting my strength and endurance back. So far, no setbacks.
Become the person you were meant to be, light your inner fire and follow your heart's desire.
Every second you spend with the wrong person, is a second wasted in the search for true love.
There are two kinds of people. There are leaders and there are followers. And I'm a follower.
I'm taking my time. I feel much more confident, and every day I feel like I'm getting better.
If you want to walk me, walk me. But if I see something close to home plate, I want to swing.
Pitching in the big leagues is a dream. Preparing to pitch in the big leagues is a nightmare!
I'll take anyway to get into the Hall of Fame. If they want a batboy, I'll go in as a batboy.
I'm a Hall of Famer and I'm still fighting for it because I love the game and I love to play.
We're getting closer. I believe a 5-year-old with diabetes will live long enough to be cured.
I played it right because that's what you're supposed to do – play it right and with respect.
If you played the game the right way, played the game for the team, good things would happen.
In other ways, one way to be in a lineup or stay in a lineup or stay in a spot is to produce.
I object to fishing tournaments less for what they do to fish than what they do to fishermen.
Velocity is one thing, but the thing that worries me is my ball-strike ratio is about 1-to-1.
I played the game one way. I gave it everything I had. It doesn't take any ability to hustle.
It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What is tough, is being good every day.
It's not hard. When I'm not hitting, I don't hit nobody. But when I'm hitting, I hit anybody.
They give you a round bat and they throw you a round ball and they tell you to hit it square.
I never take things for granted. I always look to help out me teammates, to win and be better.
I’m fighting for my life, I have to defend myself. If I don’t defend myself, no one else will.
What the hell has (Herbert) Hoover got to do with it? Anyway, I had a better year than he did.
I think of myself as 'catching' the ball with my bat and letting the pitcher supply the power.
The basic principal of recursive design is to make the parts have the same power as the whole.
With music, I'm comfortable singing to people but I'm not that comfortable playing the guitar.
I just wouldn't have believed a ball could be hit that hard. I've never seen anything like it.
I had some friends here from North Carolina who'd never seen a homer, so I gave them a couple.
You can't have your bullpen throwing three or four innings every night. Just not fair to them.
If overconfidence can cause the Roman Empire to fall, I ought to be able to get a ground ball.
To get the adrenaline going before the game for a big league baseball game was pretty special.
I never thought that buying supplements and vitamins, it was going to hurt anybody's feelings.
I have also come to understand Congress' need for a bipartisan as well as a partisan capacity.
Whatever I can do to win, I'll do it, even if I have to get hit by a pitch, whatever it takes.
I'm going to go out there and be who I am, and if you don't like it, then watch somebody else.
The day I pitched, I would drink either 'cause I was celebrating or I lost and couldn't sleep.
The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
Ever notice that the whisper of temptation can be heard farther than the loudest call to duty.
I don't think about delivery. I don't think about mechanics. I just think about throwing hard.
The making of thoughts is the most common instance of human participation in the creative act.
There's nothing tough about playing Third. All a guy needs is a strong arm and a strong chest.
I reckon I tried everything on the old apple, but salt and pepper and chocolate sauce topping.
Waking up every day and coming to the ballpark and playing baseball ... that's a good feeling.
When Guante started, they thought he'd be like popcorn, one of the most popular things around.
The Phillies beat the Cubs today in a doubleheader. That puts another keg in the Cubs' coffin.
I didn't mind if they yelled at me, but when they came on the field, it was a different story.
I never refused autograph seekers, unless they were old enough to look like collection agents.