Batting Quotes

I was nervous batting eighth, and I was nervous batting seventh.

If Trescothick had tried to get me off the field when batting well, I'd have hit him with my bat.

We have to judge politicians by their cumulative score. In one innings they make a great catch, in another they drop the ball. In one they score a home run, in another they strike out. But it is their cumulative batting average that we are interested in.

Many people have their reputations as reporters and analysts because they are on television, batting around conventional wisdom. A lot of these people have never reported a story.

You throw batting practice, you warm up pitchers, you sit and cheer. You do whatever you have to do to stay on the team.

If I can get a story about a player, I would give you a ship load of numbers, batting averages and all just for that one precious story. That's the kind of thing that I love to do.

I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.

My desires are simply I love to teach, I love to be in uniform, I love to throw batting practice, I love to be with the kids.

To cure a batting slump, I took my bat to bed with me. I wanted to know my bat a little better.

God isn't really interested in our batting averages.

I've learned that getting what you want gives you a pretty high batting average, and leaves you plenty to struggle for.

I've been taking batting practice in my barn where nobody can see me, so I may be better than anyone thinks.

I'm still batting away on my politics for the Labour Party. I'm much further to the left of them than I used to be, but that's because they've moved, not me.

I never keep a scorecard or the batting averages. I hate statistics. What I got to know, I keep in my head.

You're not going to have a 1.000 batting average, but the way you get votes is, you just push and you push. I'm not afraid to do that.

It would be useless for any player to attempt to explain successful batting.

I had very good support from Democrats and Republicans all throughout my administration. I had a very high batting average. We added more jobs per year in my four years than any other president since the Second World War.

We devote our entire lives to becoming good ball players. We take batting practice until our hands bleed.

The greatest competitor was Bob Gibson. He worked so fast out there and he always had the hood up. He always wanted to close his own deal. He never talked to you because he was battling so hard. I sure as hell don't miss batting against him, but I miss him in the game.

I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice.