“I wanted to definitely be a musician or a good preacher or a heck of a baseball player. I couldn't play ball too good - I hurt my finger, and I stopped that. I couldn't preach, and well, all I had left was getting into the music thing.” WellsPlayWantedLeftHurtPlayerMusicianBaseballBallsFingersPreacherBaseball PlayerMuddy Author:Muddy Waters
“I can understand the fact you don't want the ball slipping out of a pitcher's hand because someone can get hurt.” WantI CanFactsHandsHurtBallsPitcherSlipping Author:Joe Torre
“I have heard of managers who encourage players not to slide hard for fear they will get hurt and be lost from the lineup for a time. That is why you occasionally see a player go into second base on a double-play ball and not even bother to slide. I wonder, could Ty Cobb sit though plays like that and hold his lunch?” HardPlayLostHurtWonderPlayerHeardBallsManagersBotherLunchSlides Author:Frank Robinson
“You'd think a guy who has broken 35 bones in his body would have a high pain threshold, but mine is pretty low. I got hit in the shin with a golf ball once and it almost brought tears to my eyes. I've had broken bones that didn't hurt as bad.” ThinkingBodyEyePainGuyHurtTearsMinesBrokenLowsBallsGolfBonesThresholdGolf BallBroken BonePain Threshold Author:Evel Knievel
“The street is where we all learn. I played organized football growing up as well, but when that was over, I went right to the street. I remember twisting my ankles, breaking my thumb, I hurt everything when I was little playing street ball.” WellsLittlesRememberHurtGrowing UpGrowingStreetsFootballBallsOrganizedThumbsAnkles Author:Champ Bailey
“I played a lot of ball and got hurt, stitches and this and that. That, sometimes they said, built character. I don't think it built anything.” ThinkingSaidSometimesCharacterHurtBuiltBallsThey SaidStitchesGot Hurt Author:Garry Marshall
“I don't know how much things have changed. You still need to be able to run the ball, pick up blitzes and catch the ball out of the backfield. Perhaps you need a running back to do a little bit more or be more versatile today but that is a good thing. People say we get hurt and don't last as long, but it's still an important position and you need everyone in the backfield to be able to contribute.” PeopleKnowsNeedsLittlesLongStillsImportantRunningTodayAbleLastsBitsHurtKnow HowPositionChangedLittle BitPicksBallsGood ThingsThings Have ChangedVersatileRunning Back Author:Giovani Bernard
“In this game, you have to think about making plays, you can't worry about making mistakes. At times, a guy will get thrown out, but in the bigger scheme, the bases we're going to take will far outweigh that occasional misread. And it depends on what you call a mistake. If the outfielder puts the ball right on the money, he's out by a quarter-step and it's a bang-bang play, that's not a mistake. That's baseball. If you're out by four or five steps, it's ugly, it's a misread, but in the big picture, that aggressiveness is going to help us more than the occasional blunder will hurt.” IfsThinkingPlayHelpingBigsGuyGamesHurtMistakeStepsWorryFiveFourDependsBaseballBallsBasesBiggerUglyThrownMaking MistakesQuartersSchemesBangsOccasionalBlundersBig PictureAggressivenessOutfielders Author:Mike Scioscia
“I'm a strategic guy. I'm gonna figure out ways to hurt the defense, but it's not gonna be about throwing a ball through a wall.” WayGuyHurtFiguresWallBallsDefenseThrowingStrategic Author:Chad Pennington
“Players from the Dominican Republic have a history of not playing well in cold weather.... The ball hurts their hands when they make contact.” WellsHandsHurtPlayerColdBallsWeatherContactRepublicCold WeatherDominican Republic Author:Grady Little
“I've been hurt so many times I don't have the balls for it anymore.” HurtBallsBeen HurtI've Been Hurt Author:John Leguizamo