“They did a great job double-teaming me. I got in foul trouble, my shots weren't going down, and things just weren't working my way. I tried to be as aggressive as I could, but they were defending me very well. I finally got some shots to go down late in the game when it seemed like it didn't matter…”— Tim Duncan, successories.com
“As my offense get better, my defense is goin be that much more better.”— Emmitt Smith, walterfootball.com
“The mental aspects of hitting were especially important to me. I was strictly a guess hitter, which meant I had to have a thorough knowledge of every pitcher I came up against and develop a strategy for hitting him. My method was to identify the pitches a certain pitcher had and eliminate all but on…”— Hank Aaron, amazon.com
“You got to play a hundred and fifty games a year, so pick your spots. You can miss two games a month; so pick the days you're gonna be hurt, or you're gonna rest or you're gonna have a drink or two. The rest of the time, be on that field.”— Hank Aaron, baseball-almanac.com
“The pitcher has got only a ball. I've got a bat. So the percentage in weapons is in my favor and I let the fellow with the ball do the fretting.”— Hank Aaron, baseball-almanac.com
“"Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is eighty percent of being a successful hitter. The other twenty percent is just execution.”— Hank Aaron, amazon.com
“The hardest thing to do in baseball is to hit a round baseball with a round bat, squarely.”— Ted Williams, goodreads.com
“Think. Don’t just swing. Think about the pitcher, what he threw you last time up, his best pitch, who’s up next. Think!”— Ted Williams, beabetterhitter.com
“I was looking for an inside pitch. I don't know whether it was a fastball or not, but it came in a little inside and I was ready for it. I know it went out of here fast. Last year I hit one harder to the left field bleachers. That was a high fly ball. But this was a line drive. And I liked this hit…”— Roberto Clemente, en.wikiquote.org
“You should not have a favourite weapon. To become over-familiar with one weapon is as much a fault as not knowing it sufficiently well.”— Miyamoto Musashi, amazon.com
“When your opponent is hurrying recklessly, you must act contrarily and keep calm. You must not be influenced by the opponent.”— Miyamoto Musashi, amazon.com
“In strategy your spiritual bearing must not be any different from normal. Both in fighting and in everyday life you should be determined though calm. Meet the situation without tenseness yet not recklessly, your spirit settled yet unbiased. Even when your spirit is calm do not let your body relax, a…”— Miyamoto Musashi, en.wikiquote.org
“There is timing in everything. Timing in strategy cannot be mastered without a great deal of practice.”— Miyamoto Musashi, en.wikiquote.org
“These things cannot be explained in detail. From one thing, know ten thousand things. When you attain the Way of strategy there will not be one thing you cannot see. You must study hard.”— Miyamoto Musashi, en.wikiquote.org
“Reflection is one of the most underused yet powerful tools for success.”— Richard Carlson, amazon.com
“I am running away but I prefer to call it just a 'strategic retreat'.”— Tennessee Williams, amazon.com