#bout

I looked for the same pitch my whole career, a breaking ball. All of the time. I never worried about the fastball. They couldn't throw it past me, none of them. ↗

— Hank Aaron

#ball #breaking #career #fastball #i

The thing I like about baseball is that it's one-on-one. You stand up there alone, and if you make a mistake, it's your mistake. If you hit a home run, it's your home run. ↗

— Hank Aaron

#alone #baseball #hit #home #home run

It took me about 12 years to reach my million-word mark. The challenge now is to continue to challenge myself. ↗

— Lynn Abbey

#challenge #continue #mark #me #myself

Neophyte writers tend to believe that there is something magical about ideas and that if they can just get a hold of a good one, then their futures are ensured. ↗

— Lynn Abbey

#believe #ensured #futures #get #good

'How do you know so much about everything?' was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer was 'By never being afraid or ashamed to ask questions as to anything of which I was ignorant.' ↗

— John Abbott

#afraid #answer #anything #ashamed #ask

I think this is really a defining moment for the Arab world. The problem is, it is all going to be about blood, sweat and tears. In certain countries it may be just sweat, and in some countries sweat and tears, and in some countries, as you can see, a lot of blood. I think initial instability is something that we are all extremely nervous of. ↗

— Abdallah II

#arab #arab world #blood #certain #countries

If they're singing about heartbreak, they've lived it. ↗

— Paula Abdul

#heartbreak #lived #singing

Constructive criticism is about finding something good and positive to soften the blow to the real critique of what really went on. ↗

— Paula Abdul

#blow #constructive #constructive criticism #criticism #critique

A lot of players think the game is all about individual performances when it's really all about a team game. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#game #individual #lot #performances #players

When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden. ↗