#ball

No one hit home runs the way Babe did. They were something special. They were like homing pigeons. The ball would leave the bat, pause briefly, suddenly gain its bearings, then take off for the stands. ↗

— Lefty Gomez

#ball #bat #bearings #briefly #did

I learned in high school that I was going to have to outwork people. I remember running around the track, training for football, and a faster guy ran past me. I just figured, I can outlast him. If I work harder than him, I'll beat him. And to this day I overprepare. ↗

— Roger Goodell

#beat #day #faster #figured #football

My first year in baseball, there were only one or two reporters. My second year, I got to the Triple-A playoffs, there were four or five. When I came up in 1984, I never saw so many people. ↗

— Dwight Gooden

#came #first #five #four #got

I was shot down by a fifth ball, which struck me squarely in the face, and passed out. ↗

— John Brown Gordon

#down #face #fifth #i #me

Flowers are the free throw of love. You're looking for the clutch three-pointer from downtown. ↗

— Daniel Holloway & Dorothy Robinson

#humor #love #sports #dating

I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it. ↗

— Rogers Hornsby

#ball #chase #else #go #golf

To be a good hitter you've got to do one thing - get a good ball to hit. ↗

— Rogers Hornsby

#get #good #got #hit #hitter

Baseball hasn't been the national pastime for many years now - no sport is. The national pastime, like it or not, is watching television. ↗

— Bob Greene

#been #hasn #like #many #national

The only thing I want to be able to do is come in and learn the offense, go out there and compete, show what I am capable of doing and try to get better as a football player. ↗

— Brian Griese

#am #ball player #better #capable #come

All the New York City Ballet does is hit beautiful home runs. ↗

— John Guare

#beautiful #beautiful home #city #does #hit