Pitch Quotations

I consider Billy Keeler, Mike Tiernan, Ed Delihanty and Larrie La Joie the toughest hitters I had to pitch to, but I did not dread them. Remember, Hughie Duffy was a member of our team, so I did not face him. In my opinion, Duffy was the greatest hitter.

My fingers are too short to enable me to get grip enough on the ball to pitch a deep curve, so that I have been compelled to depend more on drops, straight balls and the different artifices known to pitchers to deceive the batter.

You can watch videos and hit off the tee, stuff like that, but at the same time, it's you against the pitcher. I just need one swing or one pitch to click, and you can find your swing.

When a liquid boils, the temperature has been raised to such a pitch that the evaporating molecules are sufficient in number and speed to lift off the air from the surface of the liquid and push it back en masse.

Ask people to pitch in - hand them a spoon and ask them to stir. Doing things together, having everyone help, makes for a nicer party.

We played for the love of the game; there were few holdouts. We wanted to pitch every day; to win more games than the other guy - not for the money, but for the glory of winning.

The first heart you win over is that casting director. In first meetings, they'll be the ones who see your pitch for the character. And then as you get further up, they'll be the ones reading with you in front of the network.

I remember going to see my dad pitch against other coal-mining teams, and he was successful with the knuckleball. I saw how bad guys would look like swinging, and how guys talked about how he could throw every day and didn't hurt his arm. That's how I grew up learning.

My wife says that if people reach conclusions as to what I am like based on what they see from me on the pitch they would say I am a guy who is always annoyed, always in a bad mood, they'd say what must it be like to live with me. There are two of me, two different people.

Army life was rough. Would you believe it, they actually wanted me to pitch three times a week.

If I went in to pitch this show to a network, I would be laughed out of the room.

I set myself high standards on the pitch and I know I have not always lived up to them this season.

There's nothing wrong with pitch counts. But not when it's spit out by a computer, and the computer does not look at an individual's mechanics. And you can't look at his genes. It should come from the individual and the pitching coach and the manager.

It's really hard to write personal songs. I'm not good at writing ditties because as far as writing hit songs that you pitch to the national artist, I just don't write that way.

The pitch, timbre, volume, speed, and cadence of your voice, the speed with which you speak, and even the way you modulate pitch and loudness, are all hugely influential factors in how convincing you are and how people judge your state of mind and character.

In the early stages of negotiation software, on your smartphone, there may be programs that listen to the pitch of a voice, or that test for stress. You'll just ask the program, 'Was he lying? Was he eager to do business with me?' Maybe the computer will be right sixty per cent of the time.

Nobody criticised me when we qualified for the World Cup when I decided that the best shape for us going forward was three men at the back and stretching the pitch width-wise, which gives you options.

Your name or what you've done on the rugby pitch is not going to carry you through for the rest of your life. I realise I'm going to have to eventually do something else, and that does frighten me a little bit.

I pitch Mint to everyone from investors to engineers, young and old, and I do it pretty much the same way: Here's the problem in the market place, here's how we solve it, and here's how we make money.

I feel like a pioneer with the split-fingered fastball. I was the first one to really throw it pretty much 100 percent of the time. It was a pitch that I had to have. If I didn't have it, I wouldn't have been in the big leagues.

Honestly, I envy painters, who can have a masterpiece in one morning. Or musicians, who can write something in 30 minutes and arrange it in an hour, sometimes. 'Cause with this, with writing, you can occasionally feel like a caveman, like you've been working with pitch and tar on this brush.

There is no doubt that someone who tries to throw a curve or pitch at any early age before he's developed, before his hand is big enough to grip the ball correctly, will damage his arm.

London is completely unpredictable when it comes to weather. You'll start a scene, and it's a beautiful morning. You get there at 6 in the morning, set up, you start the scene, start shooting. Three hours later, it is pitch black and rainy.

In 1949, I saw a World War II veteran named Lou Brissie, who had nearly lost a lower leg in combat, pitch in the All-Star Game in Brooklyn.

But I, you know, if I could choose a period to go back to, I think I would like to live through the Blitz. 'Cause you do read so many accounts of people saying they're living their lives at such an intense pitch that it was a completely different way of living.

My tenure at 'The Daily Show' started during the decade after September 11, and fear of Muslims was at an all-time high. Politicians and the media seemed to dial the fright, mistrust, and animosity up to a fever pitch to gain votes and ratings.

Sometimes I just get over-excited. I see the pitch and I think, 'I have to get this wicket.' When I am just looking to bowl, I am calm and composed, and most of the time I get it right. The ball lands where I want it to.

Going into 'Details' magazine to pitch concepts for a potential photo shoot was one of the most nerve-wracking things I had ever done. I didn't really know what one did in a pitch, how they were structured, etc., and that freaked me out big time.

We're providing planning to a huge audience who's never had access to financial planners before. This was always my plan for LearnVest. It was in my very first pitch deck.

I hated pitch meetings. Pitch meetings were my least favorite part of the week. I just gave up. I was so terrible at them.

I'm on Medicare now. If I go and have a big operation, it costs me nothing. It should cost me a little. I'm not rich, but I can afford a few grand if I have to have my appendix taken out. I can pitch in a little bit.

We still only have 39 wins, but every person on the roster was into the game from the first pitch on. We were coming off the bench giving high-fives. We had a good shot in the arm of life. The win was a big part of that.

We started hitting the ball a little bit in the second game, laying off the high-rise pitch and hitting into gaps.

When you've got the lead, you've got to pitch ahead; you've got to throw fastballs. You've got to put it down the middle of the plate and say, ?Hey, let's see how far you can hit it,' and we didn't. We were too cautious.

We're not going to pitch around her, but we will definitely give her the respect that she deserves at the plate.

Until you see that first pitch or field that first ball, you're still going to have some jitters.

Until we have somebody ready to replace him, we'll be patient. We're not looking for a replacement, we're looking for him to pitch better.

We believe that consumers perceive issues such as privacy and e-mail as part of the same problem -- consumer protection. They may be concerned about unwanted e-mail and how an e-mailer got their addresses. But they also like choice and competition and the occasional targeted pitch tailored to their interests.

We've always had an interest in Greg. He's certainly earned the right to pitch wherever he wants. We're hopeful he'd like to come back and finish where he started.

When I was on the mound, I was pretty relaxed. I was focused. I don't know what it is, but I'm more nervous before I pitch and then after I come out of the game. When I'm in there, I don't feel any of that.

Tomorrow, we'll get a big hug going, and we'll talk about past times, and then the first pitch will be thrown, and he won't see John Cohen, he'll see the enemy. I won't see Pat McMahon, I'll see a team that we're trying to beat. That happens a lot in this league.

We're going to try and match up as best we can. But we're going to have to pitch a bit differently than we normally do.

We're going to see how he does out of the bullpen. It's just kind of a different role, some flexibility for us. He has pitched very well in camp and we believe we can pitch him anywhere.

We're going to pitch, but we didn't pitch great today. There's no doubt about that. Clayton McMillan did pitch well. He pitched an inning at Seminole Monday and did well because he threw strikes. That's the whole deal for him, throwing strikes.

We're going to pitch a lot of guys and kind of have a staff day-a bunch of guys pitching an inning or two apiece. We're going to get some guys some game experience that they're going to need in these coming weekends.

When we came back into Pearl it was pitch dark, and we could see the fires from the Arizona and the other ships still burning in the harbor.

When we had 15 players on the pitch we looked pretty decent. It is about keeping the hard work going.

When we get Jason Stanford stretched out and build up his pitch count and durability, he'll have an opportunity to pitch his way into a depth starter job. He'll need two to two-and-a-half months to get back to that level.

What happens on the pitch stays on the pitch, it was a bit of handbags, that's all.

We had 13 guys left on base. That doesn't help any matters. Our bullpen late in games has been doing a good job, too. They just got one pitch and took advantage of it. But guys are working hard.

We better get it turned around quick. We need to pitch better and hit better. About the only thing we're doing is playing defense.

We're going to individualize every single program for every guy in the system. That'll be the big positive. And of course, the take-a-strike, we've modified that, that's no longer going to exist. Pitch counts will exist, but it's not one blanket program. If it needs to exist for a certain individual, it will. If it doesn't for another, it won't.

Working with Will Smith was one of the highlights of my career. He is so talented and has a tremendous work ethic. We are still friends, and I reach out to him and his partner to pitch ideas. He loves my mother. In fact, my mother was his son Jaden's acting coach for the movie 'Pursuit of Happiness.'

We're not afraid to use Hancock. As long as he's pitching the way we think he should pitch, which is aggressive and keeping the ball in the bottom of the strike zone for the most part, he can pitch in any part of the game.

To pitch a perfect game wearing pinstripes at Yankee Stadium, it's unbelievable. Growing up a Yankee fan, to come out here and make history, it really is a dream come true.

Through my years, I've felt a closer needed to pitch about 20 innings in the spring. But I like the course Coco is on. As long as he keeps building up and feeling good, I think he'll be fine.

With the offense this team has and the defense behind me, I don't worry about too much. I just have to pitch the way I'm capable of, and everything will work out well.

With Wally going out, everybody had to just pitch in. Everyone did a great job of it.

We let the game get away from us, it wasn't that pitch that lost it. Overall, we just didn't have great games yesterday and it humbles us a little bit and makes us even more focused for our upcoming competition.

We know how good he is, but not a lot of other teams know about him. By the end of the year I think he'll have a lot of teams interested in him. I wasn't expecting us to swing the bats that well, but I thought we'd pitch it a little better. Overall, it was a good game for us coming out of the gate.

We know everyone is disappointed with the first test outcome but we are doing our best to get things right this time. We have worked hard on this pitch and there has been sunshine which is good news.

Walk A-Rod? And pitch to Giambi? How about that one?

Ultimately, he's got to pitch at the knees and then go up in the strike zone. His motor runs pretty high, and he wants to pitch up early.

Work has been undertaken to come up with a revised plan and a new application for an all-weather pitch to serve the pupils of Bell Baxter and to provide some community use. The meeting will give everyone the chance to see the plans and share their views.

We're starting to get some really good swings up there, but we're also showing a lot of patience at the plate. Now that we're getting some real work in, things are starting to look up. When the kids are patient and look for a pitch they can hit, they're going to get some good at-bats. I don't think scoring should be a problem for us this year if we continue to show good discipline at the plate.

We're running into some tough pitchers. We've had some guys go out there and pitch great games against us.

We've got different plans for Bonds. We're only going to pitch to him in innings that end in vowels.

We've tried to put our lineup in a situation where we have somebody behind him. We're just hoping that if they do pitch around him, we can get the job done.

We have to give Missouri a lot of credit. They have a great ball club. We didn't pitch the way we usually do, and they came out and swung the bat well. But, we played hard and you have to give us credit for not giving up and really playing those nine innings.

Whenever you don't have fastball command, it's pretty tough to get everything else to work. If anything, it's a good learning experience to know that the fastball is the most important pitch you throw.

When you see a guy pitch a game like that, the last thing you want to do is give up his runs. I was glad I could keep it right there.

When you score a lot of runs ? and we scored a lot of runs early in the year ? that makes up for a lot of things. It allowed everybody who was going out there to pitch to relax. Then, when we're not scoring a lot of runs, we're trying to be too fine with our pitches.

When he gets up there they go this old guy's gonna pitch to me, ha ha, they kind of make fun of him a little bit until they find out how he pitches. Earl and I would be sitting in the bleachers next year watching them play, ha ha.

We want him to pitch in surroundings where he's comfortable and we can travel to see him pitch.

We want him to pitch every five days.

We want him to pitch as much as possible.

We were at such a fever pitch over getting to setting the referendum date and amount ... that I think having gotten to that point everybody heaved a sigh of relief and the air went out of the tires.

We were trying to pitch him away. He did a heck of a job to hit that ball. We didn't think he would be able to hit it there. He just did a good job.

Wayne Rooney is an excellent footballer. I know he is young but when he is on the pitch he doesn't seem very young.

We did not go in and pitch a show about accounting. And so the nature of the show is, we're dealing with sexuality.

The only way you can beat Oakland is with good pitching. You've got to match them pitch by pitch.

We tried pretty much everything to get something going, some sort of a pitch going. It was a tough day for him.

We've been hitting the ball and we hit it again today. It's 10 times easier to pitch when you score runs early in the game and people make plays behind you.

We really hit the ball early. But when bad things have happened to us, we swing at the wrong pitch on the wrong count and we get frustrated at the plate.

Yesterday she didn't pitch as long as she normally does in practice because her arm was hurting. So I was concerned about today, but she did real well. She walked a couple but she's going to be the one to hold us in there.

We have really been stinging the ball lately. When we are aggressive at the plate and use good pitch selection, we are a team that can definitely pound the ball.

There is a wildness, an almost fever pitch that has electrified Palestinians again,

We have a real strict pitch count for these young kids and he was at 97. We were going to let him go between 95 and 100.

We have a really strict pitch count for these younger kids.

We have improve and I hope that we continue to. We've cut down on our errors, know we have to improve in other areas. Sometimes we hit good and we don't pitch good or our defense is not good. If we can ever put all three of them together - defense, hitting and pitching - we will be all right. Hopefully we will do it during the Easter tournament.

We have hit the ball well the last two games. If we continue to pitch and hit well, we will have a chance to win ball games.

When he makes pitches, he can pitch against anybody. When he doesn't, he's vulnerable.

We had chances. He really struggled with his command and that got his pitch count up pretty fast. But you've got to get that hit that brings in some runs. We just couldn't get it.

What I attribute that to is he has tremendous hand-eye coordination. He can pick up the velocity, the spin, the location of a pitch out of the pitcher's hand quicker than most guys at the college level.

We were counting on him to pitch quite a bit so that puts us behind the eight-ball a little bit.

When you can do something like this that enhances the facility, I can go to the PGA and pitch a world-class practice facility. There's no guarantee for any city that a golf tournament is going to stay around here.

When we saw the Melbourne pitch helping spinners and knowing that Sydney is typically a spinner-friendly wicket, we began to debate whether we should consider two spinners as an option.

We want to make sure when we send him out, that he's in condition to pitch again. With the resiliency of his arm, his athleticism and his youth, it doesn't take long for a young guy to get in shape. Essentially, he's not really behind arm-wise because he pitched roughly 2 1/2 to three weeks ago in the Caribbean finals. He got game innings. I suspect his arm is fine.

The pitch will be full of players who are capable of changing the course of the game.

The pitch was up and in. In that case, you just try to make sure the pitch hits more helmet than face.