Quotes About Strategy

Boxing is full of chances and it's easy throwing a shot, it's about landing it at the precise time.

You can't have your bullpen throwing three or four innings every night. Just not fair to them.

When you're out there, you aren't paying attention to who you're throwing to. You're looking for the guy that's open.

Clubs are taking away the steal of home. Not only are more pitchers throwing out of the stretch position, but more third basemen are playing closer to the bag. But another reason why nobody does it much anymore is that some guys, no matter how fast they are, just aren't comfortable trying to steal home.

It took me a few years to realize that throwing harder wasn't always better.

Historically, the Republicans have been geniuses at throwing away advantages.

If you're a quarterback and you keep throwing interceptions, you change quarterbacks.

We're a long way away from someone like Willie Pep winning a round without throwing a punch.

I'll get in that habit of throwing the ball over the plate too much. You want to keep it going, get those guys back into the dugout. But it's not a good thing when you're over more than a third of the plate.

I want the ball in my hands, throwing the ball, making decisions.

I've got to be confident in all the pitches I'm throwing so I can throw anything in any count.

Every great summer party starts with a list. Throwing something together chaotically ends up being more work than taking 15 minutes to make a plan first.

If you start throwing eight or nine shots, you're going to get caught - bang - and the fight could be over.

Ever since I was little, I was changing the pace. I think I was just getting bored on the court, so I was trying anything. It's been working ever since. I've been practicing it, and it's obviously throwing off a lot of players.

I thought me hitting you and you not hitting me and me making you miss and even throwing more than you means that I won a fight.

I like throwing touchdowns instead of running them.

I got used to throwing a lot of lobs, got used to finding shooters, finding cutters. Each year at Duke I have had to score in different spots. I think that has helped me so much.

I don't want to get good at throwing off schedule because I don't want to be off schedule. I want to have my protections to be solid, I want to be in the right play, and I want to get the ball out of my hands as quick as possible.

You have to stick to your plan. Throwing everything overboard and inventing something on the spot does not make sense. You will never get that from me.

If a pitcher goes up there and he's throwing a ball and it's a breaking ball down and away or a fastball up and in, a perfect pitcher's pitch, and you're able to just foul it off and stay alive in the at-bat, just keep grinding, keep working through the at-bat and hoping for that mistake that he's going to make. And if he doesn't, then you walk.

I'm trying to throw more curves because I'm always throwing fastball, slider, fastball, slider.

Playing shortstop is 75 to 80 percent anticipation, knowing the hitter and the pitch being thrown.

It must be nice for today's hitters when you don't have to worry about being thrown at. It's a whole different deal. When I played, getting knocked down was an accepted part of the game.

It seems like Satan has thrown the DH into our game.