“Baseball is a spirited race of man against man, reflex against reflex. A game of inches. Every skill is measured. Every heroic, every failing is seen and cheered, or booed. And then becomes a statistic.” MenGamesRaceFailingSkillsBaseballHeroicInchesSpiritedReflexes Book:Tuned to Baseball Source: Tuned to Baseball
“In the past I've tended to overreact. I was sure I'd be a superstar by the time I was twenty-one. Baseball messed up my plan of life. When I fail I get upset. Sometimes I get upset too quickly, without thinking of consequences.” ThinkingSometimesPastPlansFailingConsequenceBaseballTwentiesUpsetTwenty OneSuperstarMessed Up Author:Albert Belle
“Foreign policy is like hitting a baseball: if you fail 70 percent of the time, you go to the Hall of Fame.” IfsFailingPolicyFamePercentBaseballHallsForeign PolicyHittingHall Of Fame Author:Robert Kagan
“If you want to get to know me, you have to get off the baseball field. Because when I'm on the field, and in the clubhouse, I'm doing what I'm paid to do, what I love to do, and man, I hate it when I fail.” IfsKnowsMenWantHateFailingFieldsBaseballI HatePaidKnow MeGet To Know MeBaseball Field Author:Jeff Kent
“Baseball is the ideal forum for teachiing the art of failure; the very best fail to get a hit seven out of ten times.” ArtFailingTenIdealsBaseballSevenForums Author:Sam Dunn