Bill Klem Quotes

Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.

Every time I catch the ball, I'm seeing a lot of bodies. The key for me is not to force.

Defending is mostly about focus.

If a pitcher sees you fiddling with the bat, he'll stall until your arms are tired before you even get a chance to hit.

You get to the plate and nothing is going through your mind. You see the ball, you see the seams.

Mental attitude and concentration are the keys to pitching.

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

Tap dancing is all about the feet; you put your head down and don't really engage with anything but the rhythm in your head.

The thing that makes the great players great, and that separates players from different players is, when you going out there whether being prepared or not, you have to react. And if you're thinking, you're already a step behind.

So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.

When I see three balls, I just swing at the middle one.

Only great players can have two shots for one ball, like Tendulkar does, and a big reason is that he picks the ball very early.

We know even from ordinary life that we have to achieve a sufficient degree of attentiveness if we want to concentrate on an inner picture or an object of some kind; we must also have it in our power, though, to turn our soul away from something we have been concentrating on.

I've taken thousands of shots in the corner. It's all mental. That's all it comes down to, is to be ready, wait for your opportunity, and execute.

I'll carry a ball around with me all day and ask people to try to knock it out of my hand when I least expect it. I'll give them some money and stuff, so people get pretty geeked up about that. It just helps me to take care of the ball without even thinking about it.

A big part of my game is movement. The players that I play with understand that and took the time to see where I like to run, and it's worked out.

During the game, you don't really notice how many guys have touched the ball because you're just focusing on where you need to be.

You have to create a habit of finding the right positions and knowing where the ball's going to bounce to.

When you can get the game to slow down for you, you can play a lot faster.

Over the years, you get better at timing because you've been through the situations thousands of times. The ball goes over your head; he passes you on the right, left. Eventually, you just know what you have to do.

It's hard getting the rhythm when you're not seeing the ball go through the basket.

The musical training taught me to focus my mind, before playing in an orchestra taught me how to truly concentrate. If you miss your moment in an orchestra, there is no forgiving.

The easiest thing in the world for me is to pay attention.

The trick is this: keep your eye on the ball. Even when you can't see the ball.

Be true to the thought of the moment and avoid distraction. Other than continuing to exert yourself, enter into nothing else, but go to the extent of living single thought by single thought.