J. J. Abrams Quotes

Anytime you're playing a major, the last four or five holes, it's not going to be easy. It's never a guarantee. It's never easy.

You get to the big leagues, and you think, 'Can I do this stuff?' Then you take the first pitch down the middle for Strike 1, and you think, 'I could have hit that.'

You are brought up to realise that there will always be tough times in football and that nothing is ever straight forward.

You're always struggling because you're not playing on a 53-and-a-third by a 120-yard field. You're not playing on a baseball diamond. With golf, every field is different and every atmosphere is different. The grass is different. The weather is different. You're outside. You're not in a stadium. There are so many different variables, so you never master golf. So, I think good athletes like a challenge.

Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.

Baseball wasn't easy for me.

How do you catch a knuckleball? You wait until it stops rolling, then go pick it up.

The great thing about baseball is there's a crisis every day.

When I got to match point in the final I was afraid I'd be a little nervous, but I just said, You have to stay focused, just think about what you have to do.

Most pitchers fear losing their fastball, but since I don't have one, I have nothing to fear but fear itself.

Everybody has some part of their game that is easily influenced to choke.

A Canadian comedian once told me that when you first go out there to imagine that you're actually just going back out for the encore, that all the clapping is because they've already seen you do your thing and they want to see more. You can train your mind to do anything.

People might not believe me if I say I get nervous, but I tend to practice constantly to show a balanced performance.

I relish pitching underneath pressure.

The best pitchers have a short term memory and a bullet proof confidence.

Life is a game of piquet played in a bramble bush in very bad weather.

Some days you tame the tiger, and some days the tiger has you for lunch.

I definitely wanted this win today and I don't want anybody to talk about my nerves anymore.

I felt good in the bullpen and even when we came out in the first inning I felt fairly good.

Sometimes you're not always on or at your best, especially during auditions. So if you go in and you don't nail it, even if they're like, 'We don't need to see you again,' get a friend, get a video camera, and film you doing the stuff again.

I thought I had to show all my stuff and I almost tore the boards of the grandstand with my fastball.

A lot of amateurs are terrified of going up against a player who is clearly better than they are. They never play their best, because they aren't comfortable. There's one surefire way to get over that, and it's to ask yourself, 'What if I beat him?' Imagine the possibility.

Auditioning for something you already know and love is terrifying.

Golf without bunkers and hazards would be tame and monotonous. So would life.

In the marathon anything can happen.