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title: "38 Hit Home Quotes by 32 authors"
description: "Browse 38 Hit Home quotes by 32 authors. Discover the best Hit Home sayings and thoughts."
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> [I never go up there trying to hit a home run](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brett-gardner/i-never-go-up-there-trying-to-hit-a-home-run/)

[Brett Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brett-gardner/)

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> [They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gaylord-perry/they-ll-put-a-man-on-the-moon-before-i-hit-a-home-run/)

[Gaylord Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gaylord-perry/)

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> [You hit home runs not by chance, but by preparation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-maris/you-hit-home-runs-not-by-chance-but-by-preparation/)

[Roger Maris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-maris/)

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> [It always feels good to hit home runs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-acuna-jr/it-always-feels-good-to-hit-home-runs/)

[Ronald Acuna Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-acuna-jr/)

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> [If you're not in the game, you can't hit a home run.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hasselhoff/if-you-re-not-in-the-game-you-can-t-hit-a-home-run/)

[David Hasselhoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hasselhoff/)

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> [I don't hit home runs in BP.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mookie-betts/i-don-t-hit-home-runs-in-bp/)

[Mookie Betts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mookie-betts/)

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> [I don't go up there and try to hit home runs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-martinez/i-don-t-go-up-there-and-try-to-hit-home-runs/)

[J. D. Martinez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-martinez/)

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> [If you want to hit home runs, you've go to swing a lot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/babe-ruth/if-you-want-to-hit-home-runs-you-ve-go-to-swing-a-lot/)

[Babe Ruth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/babe-ruth/)

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> [You don't hope to go up and hit a single. You go up and hope to hit a home run.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chandler/you-don-t-hope-to-go-up-and-hit-a-single-you-go-up-and-hope-to-hit-a/)

[Michael Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-chandler/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mickey-mantle/when-i-hit-a-home-run-i-usually-didn-t-care-where-it-went-so-long-as/)

[Mickey Mantle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mickey-mantle/)

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> [“Born on third base, my daddy always said of the well off, and they think they hit a home run.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-karr/born-on-third-base-my-daddy-always-said-of-the-well-off-and-they/)

[Mary Karr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-karr/)

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> [I couldn't hit a home run to save my life, and I was a sucker for the curveball.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brooks-koepka/i-couldn-t-hit-a-home-run-to-save-my-life-and-i-was-a-sucker-for-the/)

[Brooks Koepka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brooks-koepka/)

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> [“The day I become content is the day I cease to be anything more than a man who hit home runs.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-aaron/the-day-i-become-content-is-the-day-i-cease-to-be-anything-more-than/)

[Hank Aaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hank-aaron/)

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> [You always want to hit a home run and see how far the ball lands and everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juan-soto/you-always-want-to-hit-a-home-run-and-see-how-far-the-ball-lands-and/)

[Juan Soto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juan-soto/)

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> ['Get up and hit a home run,' has never been a part of the usable technique of any manager.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heywood-broun/get-up-and-hit-a-home-run-has-never-been-a-part-of-the-usable/)

[Heywood Broun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heywood-broun/)

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> [I'm not up there trying to go out there and just hit home runs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kyle-schwarber/i-m-not-up-there-trying-to-go-out-there-and-just-hit-home-runs/)

[Kyle Schwarber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kyle-schwarber/)

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> [The Children's Bureau of New Orleans kind of just hit home with me. It felt like something I wanted to align with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-kamara/the-children-s-bureau-of-new-orleans-kind-of-just-hit-home-with-me-it/)

[Alvin Kamara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-kamara/)

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> [It's also much clearer how much damage the occupation of Iraq is doing to America's reputation and prestige around the world; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-singer/it-s-also-much-clearer-how-much-damage-the-occupation-of-iraq-is/)

[Peter Singer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-singer/)

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> [The thing I like about baseball is that it's one-on-one. You stand up there alone, and if you make a mistake, it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-aaron/the-thing-i-like-about-baseball-is-that-it-s-one-on-one-you-stand-up/)

[Hank Aaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hank-aaron/)

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> [I knew the coronavirus was a real thing, but it really hit home when my aunt died, and it was really hard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sunisa-lee/i-knew-the-coronavirus-was-a-real-thing-but-it-really-hit-home-when/)

[Sunisa Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sunisa-lee/)

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> [You can hit a home run. If you are honest, you'll know when it's perfect because at that critical moment of connection,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/you-can-hit-a-home-run-if-you-are-honest-you-ll-know-when-it-s/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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> [“The way I see it, it's a great thing to be the man who hit the most home runs, but it's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-aaron/the-way-i-see-it-it-s-a-great-thing-to-be-the-man-who-hit-the-most/)

[Hank Aaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hank-aaron/)

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> [It's always great to hit a home run. But there's no better feeling than to hit a home run and putting your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-acuna-jr/it-s-always-great-to-hit-a-home-run-but-there-s-no-better-feeling/)

[Ronald Acuna Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-acuna-jr/)

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> [No one hit home runs the way Babe (Ruth) did. They were something special. They were like homing pigeons. The ball would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lefty-gomez/no-one-hit-home-runs-the-way-babe-ruth-did-they-were-something/)

[Lefty Gomez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lefty-gomez/)

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> [“But the reality hit home late that night. I had a wife. And now two children. And however hard I worked, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masaji-ishikawa/but-the-reality-hit-home-late-that-night-i-had-a-wife-and-now-two/)

[Masaji Ishikawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masaji-ishikawa/)

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> [“You’re not going to always hit a home run in life. You’re going to strike out! You’re going to walk to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-baratono/you-re-not-going-to-always-hit-a-home-run-in-life-you-re-going-to/)

[Ron Baratono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-baratono/)

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> [“For the briefest of seconds, it was like he looked back into the stands, like maybe he spotted me, shaking my rattle,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-hawthorne/for-the-briefest-of-seconds-it-was-like-he-looked-back-into-the/)

[Rachel Hawthorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-hawthorne/)

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> [When did it - When did it become okay for someone to hit home runs and forget how to play the rest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryne-sandberg/when-did-it-when-did-it-become-okay-for-someone-to-hit-home-runs-and/)

[Ryne Sandberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryne-sandberg/)

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> [It's not like you can aim for a home run and hit a home run.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hideki-matsui/it-s-not-like-you-can-aim-for-a-home-run-and-hit-a-home-run/)

[Hideki Matsui](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hideki-matsui/)

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> [As a first baseman, hitting home runs is what's expected of me. But I don't really try to hit home runs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derrek-lee/as-a-first-baseman-hitting-home-runs-is-what-s-expected-of-me-but-i/)

[Derrek Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derrek-lee/)

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> [To hit a home run is really hard. So why not enjoy it when we do it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-tatis-jr/to-hit-a-home-run-is-really-hard-so-why-not-enjoy-it-when-we-do-it/)

[Fernando Tatis Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-tatis-jr/)

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> [It would have been a helluva lot more fun if I had not hit those sixty-one home runs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-maris/it-would-have-been-a-helluva-lot-more-fun-if-i-had-not-hit-those/)

[Roger Maris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-maris/)

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> [The hardest thing to do in sports, I think, is to hit a home run.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mickey-mantle/the-hardest-thing-to-do-in-sports-i-think-is-to-hit-a-home-run/)

[Mickey Mantle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mickey-mantle/)

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> [“Words are like eggs dropped from great heights. You can't ever put the pieces back together after they hit home.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amaleka-g-mccall/words-are-like-eggs-dropped-from-great-heights-you-can-t-ever-put-the/)

[Amaleka G. McCall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amaleka-g-mccall/)

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> [It's always nice to hit a home run, no matter if it's your first or your last. It's always fun, especially for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trea-turner/it-s-always-nice-to-hit-a-home-run-no-matter-if-it-s-your-first-or/)

[Trea Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trea-turner/)

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> [Hit a home run - put your head down, drop the bat, run around the bases, because the name on the front…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryne-sandberg/hit-a-home-run-put-your-head-down-drop-the-bat-run-around-the-bases/)

[Ryne Sandberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryne-sandberg/)

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> [I've gotten stronger, but I don't ever try to hit home runs. I stay with the same approach, just hit line drives.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-zimmerman/i-ve-gotten-stronger-but-i-don-t-ever-try-to-hit-home-runs-i-stay/)

[Ryan Zimmerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-zimmerman/)

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> [September the 11th was a huge shock in the United States. It was the first time you had been hit at home…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-major/september-the-11th-was-a-huge-shock-in-the-united-states-it-was-the/)

[John Major](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-major/)

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