Paul Dickson Quotes

Perhaps nothing is so fraught with significance as the human hand, this oldest tool with which man has dug his way from savagery, and with which he is constantly groping forward.

The human hand allows the mind to reveal itself.

I don't think I've ever held a racket in my hand ... There's got to be somebody in the US who isn't trying to play tennis and stinking up the court.

The bat is not a toy, it's a weapon. It gives me everything in life, which helps me to do everything on the field.

Perhaps nothing is so fraught with significance as the human hand.

The hands are the instruments of man’s intelligence.

Just spend a few more months playing video games. That hand-eye coordination will come in handy when you get to third base.

I played basketball, baseball, and football. I never had much downtime. But I think playing multiple sports helped tremendously in my baseball career. I have the agility of all three combined into one.

I played a lot of right field with Tampa.

Every time I get to lace up my shoes, I am happy. Every time I see my jersey and I get to put it on, I feel like a kid in the candy store. Every time I get the chance to play, I am going to play.

As I was in the air, the ball took a bad hop and caromed behind me, but I was able to catch it with my bare hand. I hit the ground, bounced back up, and threw Burroughs out at first.

There is no excuse for not catching a ball you can get to.

I played [baseball] in college, so it wasn't that much a stretch. But I would say the main thing for guys who hadn't played before it's just one word - swagger. If you have swagger on the field, and look like you know how to play, that's 90% of it.

I am somewhat handicapped in doing things with my hands.

Baseball is a universal language. Catch the ball, throw the ball, hit the ball.

These fingers of mine got brains in 'em.

Gentleman, this is a football.

People need to look at baseball like it has been sent from the heavens, and respect the game.

I take pleasure in tennis and the hope that it requires.

Losing is the bane and bugbear of every professional athlete's existence, but in baseball the monster seems to hang closer than in other sports, its chilly claws and foul breath palpable around the neck hairs of the infielder bending for his crosshand scoop or the reliever slipping his first two fingers off-center on the ball seams before delivering his two-and-two cut fastball.

You can't have problems with hand movement, if you're going to be a good putter.

Even on home runs that I hit in the past, guys were like, 'Man, you need to slow down. You've got that one.

My main focus is ball. I know what butters my toast. I know what my job is and what is expected of me, and that's what's first and foremost.

I'm anxious to face them (major league pitchers) all, but in reality I'm looking forward most to (Boston's) Pedro Martinez. He was with the major league team that came to Japan in 1996, just before he became a superstar. I'm anxious to see how much he's improved. And I'm anxious to see how much I've improved against him.

I may be wearing makeup, but I can throw a fastball by you at the same time.