Long Ball Quotes

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.

When I want a long ball, I spin my hips faster.

I want to be the player who hits home runs, drives in runs.

To this day, with all of these muscle-bound guys, nobody hit the ball further than Mickey Mantle, with his natural strength.

I always play football in my team, and I know that if you play too much long ball, then it's difficult.

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.

I definitely like to throw a deep post or something over the top that gives a receiver time to run under it and score a touchdown.

There ain't no genius here. Strategy in baseball is overrated. People say, 'That Weaver, he plays for the long ball too much.' You bet I do. Hit 'em out. Then I got no worry about somebody lousing up a bunt, I got no worry about the hit and run - and that's really overrated - I got no worry about base-running errors. And I can't screw it up myself.

I was afraid if I started to hit home runs, my average would drop.

You get caught up in hitting home runs and seeing how far you can hit them, and your swing changes.

Football in England is much more direct that in Spain - not just in terms of tactics or style but in the overall approach.

The biggest pass for a defender is a pass forward.

I will take less risks. When the options aren't appearing, I will clear it into the stands or play a long ball up front.

I went to Northampton on loan, it was long ball, not really my style. It was hard for me to make a mark.

I'm not a bunt guy, I'm a home run guy.

Jacks are home runs. So are dongs, bombs, and big flies. Baseball people express their fondness for a thing by thinking up lots of different ways to say it.

To me, attacking football happens when Makelele gets the ball and passes it to the central defender who passes it to the right-back who comes forward and judges the situation. If he can do something he passes forward or runs with the ball, if not he gives it back to Makelele who builds the attack again. That is attacking football. In England attacking football is giving the ball to Makelele and having him hit it forward no matter what, even if everybody is marked.

I do want to play the short ball and I do want to play the long ball. I think long and short balls is what football is all about.

When I left Liverpool, I could have stayed in England but that would have meant joining clubs that didn't play football - just a long-ball game.

I did a lot of lower league, and in lower league, you're not going to be playing out from the back; you're going to hit it long and try to get the second ball.

Home-run hitters drive Cadillacs