"I throw as hard as I can when I think I have to throw as hard as I can."

-- Walter Johnson

#Thinking Quotes #Pitching Quotes

“Since a rational man's ambition is unlimited, since his pursuit and achievement of values is a lifelong process - and the higher the values, the harder the struggle - he needs a moment, an hour or some period of time in which he can experience the sense of his completed task, the sense of living in a universe where his values have been successfully achieved. It is like a moment of rest, a moment to gain fuel to move farther.”
“Never speak of yourself to others; make them talk about themselves instead; therein lies the whole art of pleasing. Everybody knows it, and everyone forgets it.”
“We tell each other stories to help each other live. Thatâ€™s why I read poetry. I read poetry to stay alive. Thatâ€™s why I went to poetry in the first place, thatâ€™s why I stay with it, thatâ€™s why Iâ€™ll never leave it.”
“Kitchens were different then, too - not only what came out of them, but their smells and sounds. A hot pie cooling smells different from a frozen pie thawing.”

Source : Peg Bracken (1982). “A Window Over the Sink”, Avon Books
“My changeup looks like a fastball, but one goes straight and the other goes away from the righthanded hitter. Sometimes it cuts by itself, and I don't know where it's going.”
“You do not OWN a dog. You HAVE a dog. And the dog HAS YOU”
“Dig until you hit rock. Then take out that jackhammer and go a little deeper.”
“The scariest thing about distance is that you donâ€™t know whether theyâ€™ll miss you or forget you.”

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