Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not the home-run hitters. — Willie Stargell Copy Share Image
Babe Ruth was the home-run king of his time, but also the strikeout king. — Dan Millman Copy Share Image
You might as well go in and start getting dressed. I'm going to hit his first pitch for a home run. — Mickey Mantle Copy Share Image
I'm just glad to get off three-hundred ninety-nine (career home runs). It sounds like something you'd purchase at a discount store. — Dave Winfield Copy Share Image
Every time I'm going to hit, I'm going to swing, it doesn't matter if I hit a home run in the first… — Juan Soto Copy Share Image
I was stealing all the bases, and when you had to go to arbitration they said, 'You know, only the big boys… — Rickey Henderson Copy Share Image
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… — Trea Turner Copy Share Image
Out of ten swings at the bat, you get maybe seven strikeouts, two base hits, and if you are lucky, one home… — Marc Andreessen Copy Share Image
Reading is a stout-hearted activity, disporting courage, keenness, stick-to-it-ness. It is also, in my experience, one of the most thrilling and enduring… — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
He was something like zero for twenty-one the first time I saw him. His first major league hit was a home run… — Warren Spahn Copy Share Image
“By any reasonable standard (i.e. he didn’t cheat), Aaron is one of the greatest sluggers in baseball history—and there shouldn’t even be… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“The way you get good ideas is to do two things: 1) Read two hours a day. 2) Write ten ideas a… — James Altucher Copy Share Image
I was thinking (when he hit his 500th home run) about my mother and dad, about all the people in the Chicago… — Ernie Banks Copy Share Image
“Who wouldn’t want to go back in time and correct a mistake, right a wrong, change how things turned out? Who wouldn’t… — Douglas E. Richards Copy Share Image
Wheaties was the big sponsor in those days (1940s). They sponsored almost all the baseball games in the majors and the minors.… — Ernie Harwell Copy Share Image
I'm always amazed when a pitcher becomes angry at a hitter for hitting a home run off him. When I strike out,… — Willie Stargell Copy Share Image
No one can stop a home run. No one can understand what it really is, unless you have felt it in your… — Sadaharu Oh Copy Share Image
Fall forward. Here's what I mean: Reggie Jackson struck out 2,600 times in his career - the most in the history of… — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
You know how in sports baseball players, they hit home runs. Football players, they throw and they score touchdowns. I get to… — Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa Copy Share Image
For a long time, I'd been vaguely fascinated by the idea that Charles Lindbergh flew the Atlantic and Babe Ruth hit 60… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
Yeah, I'm going to go back (after hitting his 500th home run, but commenting on reaching the 3,000 hit plateau) to my… — Rafael Palmeiro Copy Share Image
There are two ways to approach the application process: trying to hit a home run by getting an immediate 'Yes, here's an… — Guy Kawasaki Copy Share Image
People think of the greatest home run hitters of all time and think of Babe Ruth; they don't think about that Warren… — Rollie Fingers Copy Share Image
Home Run portrays the church in its beauty--true life transformation through real and honest relationships with one another and with Jesus. — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
I had strong legs that would have made me a good sumo wrestler and I used that to my advantage, but my… — Sadaharu Oh Copy Share Image
When you're going into a game, you're not expected to hit a home run every game. You're just doing everything proper with… — Frank Thomas Copy Share Image
“And he made a home run, and his team won the state championship. The greatest thing about this story is that every… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
As professionals we have a responsibility of providing a good show for the fans. Getting hits and home runs is what they… — Ichiro Suzuki Copy Share Image
The balls definitely carry a lot more. There should be some more home runs this year. Some of the guys on the… — Andrew Stevenson Copy Share Image
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… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
I never want to lose. I hate to lose... But Babe Ruth struck out 1,300 times. You can't hit the home run… — Roger Ailes Copy Share Image
Jacks are home runs. So are dongs, bombs, and big flies. Baseball people express their fondness for a thing by thinking up… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
The power of home run hitters in the majors is different from those here. It's probably difficult for me to match that… — Hideki Matsui Copy Share Image
If you can get a twelve year-old kid to go listen to Thelonius Monk, what more do you want? Do you want… — Jimmy Chamberlin Copy Share Image
The filibuster is used more aggressively, so I think doing each individual appropriations bill through regular order would be a home run.… — Brian Schatz Copy Share Image
I'm seeing the ball well. I'm not trying for home runs. I'm trying to hit to right field more. When I do… — Sammy Sosa Copy Share Image
You can hit a home run. If you are honest, you'll know when it's perfect because at that critical moment of connection,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
He's going for the home run, I'm going for the grand slam. If he gets a lot of strikeouts, I'm getting a… — Nonito Donaire Copy Share Image
The power numbers are nice, but I'm most pleased that I've been consistent. Home runs come from having a consistent approach . — Ian Kinsler Copy Share Image
The home run became glorified with Babe Ruth. Starting with him, batters have been thinking in terms of how far they could… — Rogers Hornsby Copy Share Image
