Johnny Mize Quotes
The pitcher has to throw a strike sooner or later, so why not hit the pitch you want to hit and not the one he wants you to hit?
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A pitcher has to look at the hitter as his mortal enemy.
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I'm probably the only relief pitcher who has more saves than strikeouts.
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I remember when I wanted every pitch to be a strike.
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I don't let my picture be taken. I'm on too many hit lists.
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Ultimately, very few people parent their kids in ways that strike anybody else as reasoned, appropriate or sane.
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I constantly have a devil on my shoulder telling me that what I'm doing is really horrible, and then somehow the lightning strike happens, and everything comes together.
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Didn't come up here to read. Came up here to hit.
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Now that I'm famous, guys don't hit on me.
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It felt good. I was just trying to throw strikes.
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Probably the best I saw was a guy they said took pitches too much, that he should have tried to hit a ball even if it was a little outside: It was Ted Williams. They say he would tell the umpire whether it was a ball or strike.
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Sure, I was depressed for a while. But I was just happy we had a hit. It was cool to know that the band was still together and had gigs to play.
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One of the hardest things in life to accept is a called third strike.
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He can hit the ball out of the park anywhere, probably out of the Grand Canyon.
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The balls they hit were elevated in the (strike) zone. It was a mater of making the adjustments to keep the ball down and get some ground balls.
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And I am glad to know that there is a system of labor - where the laborer can strike if he wants to! I would to God that such a system prevailed all over the world.
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Our problem is not that we aim too high and miss, but that we aim too low and hit.
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They can't yank a novelist like they can a pitcher. A novelist has to go the full nine, even if it kills him.
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Everybody has a gameplan until he gets hit.
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I could always hit. I learned to hit with a broomstick and a ball of tape and I could always get that bat on the ball.
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I know how to move the people, but I know also where to stop in my own actions so that, when I strike, I shall be felt and not seen.
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I don't walk into a dinner party and say, 'You're an idiot; give me my coat.'
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The man who is greatest and most blessed and joyful is one whose life most closely approaches the pattern of Christ. This has nothing to do with earthly wealth, power, or prestige. The only true test of greatness, blessedness, joyfulness is how close can a life come to being like the Master, Jesus Christ. He is the right way, the full truth, and the abundant life.
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The pitcher has to throw a strike sooner or later, so why not hit the pitch you want to hit and not the one he wants you to hit?
