Quotes about Home Run

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run. Votes: 4

I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run. Votes: 4

Home Run portrays the church in its beauty--true life transformation through real and honest relationships with one another and with Jesus. Votes: 4

Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time.' Votes: 4

When I hit a home run I usually didn't care where it went. So long as it was a home run was all that mattered. Votes: 4

In baseball you hit your home run over the right-field fence, the left-field fence, the center-field fence. Nobody cares. In golf everything has got to be right over second base. Votes: 4

As a supporter of the Prostate Cancer Foundation and their Home Run Challenge program, I am extremely grateful for the valuable partnerships and relationships built with Major League Baseball and our affiliates. Votes: 4

After I hit a home run I had a habit of running the bases with my head down. I figured the pitcher already felt bad enough without me showing him up rounding the bases. Votes: 4

Hit a home run - put your head down, drop the bat, run around the bases, because the name on the front is more - a lot more important than the name on the back. Votes: 4

You can make something big when young that will carry you through life. Look at all the big startups like Microsoft, Apple, Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc. They were all started by very young people who stumbled on something of unseen value. You'll know it when you hit a home run. Votes: 4

Every Strike is one step closer to a Home Run Votes: 3

At the Home Run Derby, you're expected to hit home runs. You're up there trying to hit home runs. Votes: 3

Nicknames are baseball, names like Zeke and Pie and Kiki and Home Run and Cracker and Dizzy and Dazzy. Votes: 3

Yesterday's home runs don't win today's games. Votes: 2

One's first book, kiss, home run is always the best. Votes: 2

It could be, it might be... It is, A home run! Votes: 2

It might be, it could be... it is! A home run! Votes: 2

If you're not in the game, you can't hit a home run. Votes: 2

There is nothing better than walking out and hitting a home run. Votes: 2

The desire to hit a big home run is dominating the music business. Votes: 2

Whenever I hit a home run, I make certain I touch all four bases. Votes: 2

Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits. Votes: 2

Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles. Votes: 2

I loved to make a great defensive play, I'd rather do that than hit a home run. Votes: 2

You don't have to swing hard to hit a home run. If you got the timing, it'll go. Votes: 2

You make movies for the people. If critics happen to like them too, well, that's a home run. Votes: 2

When you're going into a game, you're not expected to hit a home run every game. You're just doing everything proper with proper swings. Votes: 2

The home run took a while to sink in because all I could think of was, 'We beat the Yankees! We beat the Yankees.' Votes: 2

The triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home runs win a lot of games, but I never understood why fans are so obsessed with them. Votes: 2

The thing I like about baseball is that it's one-on-one. You stand up there alone, and if you make a mistake, it's your mistake. If you hit a home run, it's your home run. Votes: 2

If you can get a twelve year-old kid to go listen to Thelonius Monk, what more do you want? Do you want a big pile of cash, too? That's a home run for me. Votes: 2

No one hit home runs the way Babe (Ruth) did. They were something special. They were like homing pigeons. The ball would leave the bat, pause briefly, suddenly gain its bearings, then take off for the stands. Votes: 2

When you try to do something bigger and more grandiose, a lot of times it's more apt to fall apart. It's a lot easier to lay down a bunch of singles than it is to get a home run. Votes: 2

When McGwire started the home run mania, attendance came back. The owners understood that the sudden spike in homers wasn't accidental. All baseball knew it. But baseball is run on money, and home runs meant money. Baseball turned a blind eye. Votes: 2

I'm not thinking home run, I just want to put a good swing on the ball. When you go looking for home runs, you get off of your swing. So you don't think of homers when you go up to the plate. Votes: 2

I never thought home runs were all that exciting. I still think the triple is the most exciting thing in baseball. To me, a triple is like a guy taking the ball on his 1-yard line and running 99 yards for a touchdown. Votes: 2

If you think back to the first sporting event you went to, you don't remember the score, you don't remember a home run, you don't remember a dunk. You remember who you were with. Were you with your mom, your dad, your brother, on a date? Votes: 2

To be good you've gotta have a lot of little boy in you. When you see Willie Mays and Ted Williams jumping and hopping around the bases after hitting a home run, and the kissing and hugging that goes on at home plate, you realize they have to be little boys. Votes: 2

I'm always amazed when a pitcher becomes angry at a hitter for hitting a home run off him. When I strike out, I don't get angry at the pitcher, I get angry at myself. I would think that if a pitcher threw up a home run ball, he should be angry at himself. Votes: 2

Probably the most dramatic change in pitching I've observed in my years in baseball has been the disappearance of the knockdown or brushback pitch. This is why record numbers of home runs are flying out of ballparks, why earned run averages are soaring, and why there are so few twenty game winners in the majors. Votes: 2

I watched the guy that hits a home run, and he comes across the plate and he points skyward, like thanking for the help from the Almighty to hit the home run. And as he does that, I say to myself, 'God screwed the pitcher.' And I don't know how else you look at it. Votes: 2

Chicks who dig home runs aren't the ones who appeal to me. I think there's sexiness in infield hits because they require technique. I'd rather impress the chicks with my technique than with my brute strength. Then, every now and then, just to show I can do that, too, I might flirt a little by hitting one out. Votes: 2

At a book festival in Fort Lauderdale, I met David Eisenhower, Ike's grandson, who was promoting his book 'Going Home to Glory: A Memoir of Life with Dwight D. Eisenhower,' in which he describes attending the Yankees' 154th game in 1961. The whole family had been following Mantle and Maris chase Babe Ruth's home run record across the country. Votes: 2

Oscar Charleston was the Willie Mays of his day. Nobody ever played center field better than Willie Mays. Suppose they had never given Willie a chance, and we said that, would anybody believe there was a kid in Alabama who was that good? Or there was a black guy in Atlanta who might break Babe Ruth's home run record? No. Votes: 2

How to hit home runs: I swing as hard as I can, and I try to swing right through the ball... The harder you grip the bat, the more you can swing it through the ball, and the farther the ball will go. I swing big, with everything I've got. I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can. Votes: 2

Home-run hitters drive Cadillacs Votes: 0

That home run ties it up, 1-0. Votes: 0

Home run hitters strike out a lot. Votes: 0

Singles hitters drive Fords. Home-run hitters drive Cadillacs. Votes: 0

A walk is as good as a home run. Votes: 0

The career 500th home run for Michael Jack Schmidt! Votes: 0

You can't run away from home without destroying somebody's world. Votes: 0

Home's where you go when you run out of homes. Votes: 0

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home. Votes: 0

I never go up there trying to hit a home run Votes: 0

It's cool to have a well run, comfortable and inviting home. Votes: 0

That's Hendrick's 19th home run. One more and he reaches double figures. Votes: 0

There is nothing better than walking out and hitting a home run Votes: 0

Writing is the only way to run away from home, without ever leaving. Votes: 0

I wish to improve my power, but not in a home run way. Votes: 0

I'm like an old dog, I hate to be run off from home. Votes: 0

They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run. Votes: 0

I'm like an old dog, I hate to be run off from home Votes: 0

Rick Miller hit only one home run last year, and that's like hitting none. Votes: 0

I don't think Hank's home run record will ever be broken. There's no way. Votes: 0

Last night's homer was Stargell's 399th career home run, leaving him one shy of 500. Votes: 0

While most girls run away from home to marry, I ran away to teach. Votes: 0

There'll be a man on the moon before Gaylord Perry hits a home run. Votes: 0

When I'm at home alone, I run up the stairs naked. It's quite funny. Votes: 0

You can only run away from a house. Home is something you run toward. Votes: 0

I hit an inside-the-park home run! I beat it out! Can you believe that? Votes: 0

Babe Ruth was the home-run king of his time, but also the strikeout king. Votes: 0

It's not like you can aim for a home run and hit a home run. Votes: 0

The hardest thing to do in sports, I think, is to hit a home run. Votes: 0

A man can build a home but it needs a woman to run a home. Votes: 0

Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home. Votes: 0

The fans love the home runs, the home run competition between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa. Votes: 0

Finally learning his baseball history, on the topic of Hank Aaron and his home run record Votes: 0

And that one is gone. A home run for Mickey Mantle! How do you like that? Votes: 0

You will never score a home run until you swing the bat"Zach JensenChild of Aquarius Votes: 0

Run a home like you would a small business and treat it with the same seriousness. Votes: 0

She must have been debating staying in the line or forcing me to run home and change. Votes: 0

I have done my time living on the run. I'm British and I want to come home. Votes: 0

The man who builds, and wants wherewith to pay, Provides a home from which to run away. Votes: 0

Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not the home-run hitters. Votes: 0

It's a funny business. I kind of compare it to baseball. I'm always looking for a home run. Votes: 0

If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win. Votes: 0

Ozzie Newsome hit a home run by drafting Bernard Pierce. He is a great compliment to Ray Rice. Votes: 0

There's nothing like a good cheating song to make me want to run home to be with my wife. Votes: 0

After spending all of her girlhood fervently wishing she could run away from home— she'd actually done it. Votes: 0

Most children threaten at times to run away from home. This is the only thing that keeps some parents going. Votes: 0

Make me feel at home, if you really care, scratch my back and run your pretty fingers through my hair. Votes: 0

Your home should reflect who you are, so pick a palette that's close to your heart and run with it. Votes: 0

You might as well go in and start getting dressed. I'm going to hit his first pitch for a home run. Votes: 0

I'd rather save a home run than hit one. I've always been like that. Defense is what I pride myself on. Votes: 0

My first postseason home run was a walk-off in the Division Series. That was just a special moment in my career. Votes: 0

Mom used to say I didn't run away from home my destiny just caught up with me at an early age. Votes: 0

When a husband says, "I run things in my home" he may mean the washing machine, the dishwasher and the vacuum cleaner. Votes: 0

Why not pick up the new full-length motion picture at the corner drugstore and then run it through one's home TV receiver? Votes: 0

Running after balls, diving, taking a home run away, it gives me such a good feeling. I am happy to do it. Votes: 0

I'm not going to go run and hide because I'm catching some heat. I'm not going to stay at home and pout. Votes: 0

I'm super lucky because I come home and I don't have to run errands and clean the house and do all that. Votes: 0

Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said "sure, every time". Votes: 0

In England, I met a couple who run a children's home. They were very kind and showed me many nice spots in England. Votes: 0

I've never really considered myself a home run hitter. Mostly I'm a guy who hits into the gaps for a lot of doubles. Votes: 0

When I was a kid I got no respect. I told my mother, I'm gonna run away from home. She said, On your mark... Votes: 0

Back home in South Carolina, you have a lot of little soul food restaurants you can run to and get some quick, decent food. Votes: 0

You can run away from home But you can't run away from your pain I sit here alone There's always someone else to blame. Votes: 0

The Beat thing happened when I was younger. I used to run away from home, inspired by the Beats, like in '64 and '65. Votes: 0

I get on base by making good contact with the ball. But whenever I hit a home run, I'm as surprised as everybody else. Votes: 0

The power of home run hitters in the majors is different from those here. It's probably difficult for me to match that power now. Votes: 0

You know, what 'New Girl' is doing is they're bringing in really cool people. These are home-run people who aren't your typical guest-star-type people. Votes: 0

You know, what 'New Girl' is doing is they're bringing in really cool people. These are home-run people who aren't your typical guest-star-type people. Votes: 0

I think my mom did everything pretty close to perfect, and I want to be the cool mom that the kids run home to. Votes: 0

There's something magical about a home run. It almost violates the space of the stadium. It's a game of the imagination in some ways. Baseball. Votes: 0

I've watched Clueless as many times as humanly possible. Like, I would run home from school to watch it. Like, I can quote it backwards, Votes: 0

Fathers have skills that they never use at home. You run a landscaping business and you can't dress and feed a four-year-old? Take it on! Votes: 0

Trump says he wants to run for president. Why not? It wouldn't be the first time he pushed a black family out of their home. Votes: 0

I didn't know feminism was actually a thing until I left home and found out the country didn't run the way my mom's house did, Votes: 0

I know you've run away - everybody gets the urge to do that some time - but sooner or later you'll want to go home. Votes: 0

This is my home. Home is where the disease is. As long as I stay in America, I'll never run out of subjects for songs. Votes: 0

The mark of a good hitter is someone who hits the ball hard, often. And if you run into a few home runs, that's fine. Votes: 0

When I come home, my daughter will run to the door and give me a big hug, and everything that's happened that day just melts away. Votes: 0

Congratulations to Alex Rodriguez on his 660th home run, milestones in baseball are meant to be broken and I wish him continued success throughout his career. Votes: 0

Last winter when I was coming home from church one Thursday evening, I saw somebody run around the house again. I told my father of that. Votes: 0

« He squeezed his hands into fists. I picked up a grapefruit-sized rock and handed it to him. It went flying. Home run, Beast Lord style. Votes: 0

Citizenship means every four years you put a mark somewhere and you go home and let other guys run the world. It's a very destructive ideology. Votes: 0

I'm seeing the ball well. I'm not trying for home runs. I'm trying to hit to right field more. When I do that, the home run comes. Votes: 0

The way we finance homes in this country is slow, filled with middlemen, who run a nonstandardized evaluation process. This makes financing a home cumbersome and difficult. Votes: 0

In the ten years since I had run away from home...I had gone through more strange experiences than the average person crowds into a whole lifetime. Votes: 0

People think of the greatest home run hitters of all time and think of Babe Ruth; they don't think about that Warren Spahn hit more than anybody. Votes: 0

If you cast really funny, talented people and let them do what they need to do, they're going to hit a home run for you without a script. Votes: 0

I trained for the marathon. I run along the East River, and I used to run all the way down Manhattan, up the West Side and back home. Votes: 0

The home run became glorified with Babe Ruth. Starting with him, batters have been thinking in terms of how far they could hit the ball, not how often. Votes: 0

Past experience with fiscal austerity at home and overseas strongly suggests that it is best for the economy's long-run performance to restrain government spending rather than raise taxes. Votes: 0

I love New York. I love to come here, to play here, the tradition here. I'll never forget my first home run here was over Mickey Mantle's head. Votes: 0

I want people to think about what and who they have in their lives and then run home to hug them and tell them how much they love them. Votes: 0

My videos rarely run longer than 20 minutes. They're made for private viewing in your home or specifically either that or for a gallery situation where you sit and look. Votes: 0

The first time I picked up a bat in a professional game, I hit a ball hard left-handed, and my first home run was so effortless, it surprised me. Votes: 0

That was easy for him to say when his cell phone was rounding third base. If anyone got a home run tonight, I didn't want it to be Verizon Wireless. Votes: 0

So when I hear a guy after a game-winning home run say or gesture that God was on his side, I think to myself, 'He's saying God screwed the pitcher. Votes: 0

After I'd hit a home run and took my position in the field, the fans in the bleachers began throwing packages of tobacco at me. I stuffed them in my pocket. Votes: 0

I'm mad at Hank Aaron for deciding to play one more season. I threw him his last home run and thought I'd be remembered forever. Now, I'll have to throw him another. Votes: 0

In New York, after that famous home run, they expected me to be up there every year. That homer raised me to a high level, with the top guys in the game. Votes: 0

I want to be a guy who produces runs, who drives in runs, who can beat you with a single or can beat you with a home run, who's just a tough out. Votes: 0

Can I be cocky for a second? If I hit a home run 80 percent of the times, and you want to talk about the 20 times I miss swinging the bat, I'm okay with that. Votes: 0

Out of ten swings at the bat, you get maybe seven strikeouts, two base hits, and if you are lucky, one home run. The base hits and the home runs pay for all the strikeouts Votes: 0