I have no expectation of making a hit every time I come to bat, — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
A failure becomes just one time at bat if you refuse to let it defeat you. — Marv Levy Copy Share Image
I would order a dozen bats and there were times they'd come back with handles at each end. — Bob Uecker Copy Share Image
When you're mad at someone, it's probably best not to break his arm with a baseball bat. — Evel Knievel Copy Share Image
The Olympics are great for notoriety right off the bat, but your body of work is what people remember you for. — Brian Boitano Copy Share Image
I am a lefty, though I bat right-handed... When I was a kid I pitched, played first, outfield and shortstop as well.… — Josh Charles Copy Share Image
How do you combat a man with a firearm? You don't combat him with a golf club, baseball bat or a knife.… — Luke Scott Copy Share Image
Two bats were hanging up in a cave and one said to the other, 'When I'm older, I hope I don't become… — Mick Miller Copy Share Image
We have found that bats adjust the timing of their sounds when they encounter clutter, and they seem to 'strobe' the world… — Cynthia Moss Copy Share Image
You surprise yourself on some balls off the bat. You don't think you have a chance to catch it. And then your… — Mike Trout Copy Share Image
My head was a condemned church with a ceiling of bats, but I swung from this dark mood to euphoria when I… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
You are recognized by your bat. If you are the best hitting shortstop out there, that's how you win a Gold Glove.… — Jimmy Rollins Copy Share Image
Yes, I was in that game where George Brett hit that home run. Billy saw there was too much pine tar on… — Bert Campaneris Copy Share Image
I developed a term that is used in the game right now called sacking a quarterback. Sacking a quarterback is just like… — Deacon Jones Copy Share Image
It took a lot of water to down just that f-king bat's head, let me tell you. It's still stuck in my… — Ozzy Osbourne Copy Share Image
There are certain things I can't do, certain pitches I can't hit. You stay away from them. You try to wait for… — Chili Davis Copy Share Image
They took a baseball bat and whacked open his head. Mummy Boy fell to the ground; he finally was dead. Inside of… — Tim Burton Copy Share Image
This whole thing about not kicking someone when they are down is b.s. Not only do you kick him—you kick him until… — Michael Scanlon Copy Share Image
Whether your name is (Lou) Gehrig or (Cal) Ripken, (Joe) DiMaggio or (Jackie) Robinson, or that of some youngster who picks up… — Cal Ripken, Jr Copy Share Image
Professionalism in tennis ... only resulted in making billionaires out of rude children, producing an onslaught of moody defectors, and a lot… — Dan Jenkins Copy Share Image
In the world outside this glass room, songbirds are feeding and resting in the trees. Some will take off tonight and not… — Sandra Steingraber Copy Share Image
Naturally, Coach Hedge went ballistic; but Percy found it hard to take the satyr seriously since he was barely five feet tall.… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
My sense is that the most under-appreciated-and perhaps most under-researched-linkages between forests and food security are the roles that forest-based ecosystem services… — Frances Ford Seymour Copy Share Image
I first met Taylor Swift at an awards show, which is a pretty easy place to suss out who is cool. Right… — Jack Antonoff Copy Share Image
When the ball is over the middle of the plate, the batter is hitting it with the sweet part of the bat.… — Don Drysdale Copy Share Image
A blight had fallen on the trees and shrubs; and the wind, at length beginning to break the unnatural stillness that had… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
A famous bon mot asserts that opinions are like arse-holes, in that everyone has one. There is great wisdom in this... but… — Tim Minchin Copy Share Image
Professional courage is the steel fiber that makes an NCO unafraid and willing to tell it like it is. The concept of… — William A. Connelly Copy Share Image
