Swing Quotes

I slowly continued to compensate for the physical problems I was having and ended up completely destroying my swing, my set-up, my posture. Everything was gone.

One truth is the swing of the sentence, the beat and poise, but down deeper it's the integrity of the writer as he matches with the language.

I'm not afraid to swing the bat. If they elect to pitch to me, I'm going to swing. I'm not as picky as Mr. Sheffield. I'll swing at something over my head.

Some really good things kind of swing both ways and I like to see people that can swing really, really, really sad and horrible and terrible and really, really, really beautiful and funny.

I'd take the syncopation and play swing, and then read the syncopation lines with my left hand.

A buoyant, positive approach to the game is as basic as a sound swing.

I try not to hit a swing volley and run back. So my swing volley is kind of that transition to the net. It's been one of my favorite shots ever since I was young.

Golfers are forever working on mechanics. My tennis swing hasn't changed in 10 years.

My dad's a scratch golfer and I've got the knack of seeing something and then replicating it. I saw my dad swing a club and I worked out how to do the same thing. My backswing and follow-through have been basically the same since I was two.

I think that gravity sets into everything, including careers, but pendulums do swing and mountains do become valleys after a while... if you keep on walking.

Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf swing.

My whole career, my swing has always been the most important thing to me. Even when I'm taking a shower, I work on my swing.

The blues tells a story in itself. It can make you happy or give you a feeling to swing.

For some reason, the concept of writing with swing chords was intimidating.

Where I fall down is my short game. I don't practice enough, and when I have to take a half swing from 50 yards out, that's trouble.

Where I grew up, Bob Wills and his western swing was very popular. And western swing is not that far from jazz and blues.

No one who ever had lessons would have a swing like mine.

A baseball swing is a very finely tuned instrument. It is repetition, and more repetition, then a little more after that.

At Kansas City, Kansas, before the saloons were closed, they were getting ready to build an addition to the jail. Now the doors swing idly on the hinges and there is nobody to lock in the jails.

I'll do a cappella stuff, rock 'n' roll and swing stuff.

The most important thing in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an escape hatch for your opponent, so that he can gracefully swing over to your side without too much apparent loss of face.

PLease, do not visualize that we exist above you such as in heaven. The concepts above and below are products of your mind. The soul does not swing upwards. It exists in the center and orients itself in every direction.

I know my swing is going to be there. I don't need 600 swings in the cage; I know where it's at.

One day I think it's the greatest idea ever that I'm working on. The next day I think it's the worst that I've ever worked on - and I swing between that a lot. Some days I'm very happy with what I'm doing, and the next day I am desperate - it's not working out!

A working woman could save a few shillings a week, and then every five weeks she'd come in and we'd cut her hair. She could shampoo it under the shower, swing it and dry it off or just let it dry by itself. It changed the lives of many young girls who'd never had the opportunity to be styled like that before.

My point is, there's no sense trying to squeeze something out of your swing if you can let your clubs do the shotmaking for you.

And I hate to see artists who are real safe. I love to see artists swing for the fences sometimes.

I discovered in college that country music could be fun adding some swing to it.

How to hit home runs: I swing as hard as I can, and I try to swing right through the ball.

It's not just enough to swing at the ball. You've got to loosen your girdle and really let the ball have it.