Nick Swisher (Nicholas Thomas Swisher) Quotes
People always talk about having two different swings, an aluminum bat swing and a wood swing. It is one of those things where you have to make an adjustment. But if you want to play at this level you have to be able to do that.
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I don't want to waste my energy in other things; instead, I would put all that in reaching the next level in a craft that I love the most.
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If YOU nod, we play, if I nod, we stop.
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People always talk about having two different swings, an aluminum bat swing and a wood swing. It is one of those things where you have to make an adjustment. But if you want to play at this level you have to be able to do that.
