A Quote by Casey Stengel
Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
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Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
It's different in the NFL because you're getting paid to get hit. In college, you're taking hits for someone else to make money.
If you give a guy 1,000 opportunities and he hits 30 home runs or 500 opportunities and he hits 30 home runs, it's not the same thing. I know. This is what I do for a living, and I know who is better at what I do.
As professionals we have a responsibility of providing a good show for the fans. Getting hits and home runs is what they want to see.
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.
I want to be the player who hits home runs, drives in runs.
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
The thing I sort of get tired of hearing is if I don't hit home runs or don't get hits, that the pressure of the media is getting to me. Absolutely not. Believe me, it's not getting to me.
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My mom's always asking me for hits and stolen bases and home runs and different things on Mother's Day and her birthday.
Do I want someone to get more hits than me? No. Do I want someone to hit more home runs than me? No. Do I want someone to have more RBI than me? No. I get a kick out of seeing the all-time leaders and my name's on top of every one, with the exception of strikeouts. I get a kick out of that.
In baseball, you can hit 40 home runs on a single-A-league team and never get paid a thing. But in a hedge fund, you get paid on your batting average. So you go to the worst league you can find, where there's the least competition.
I don't try to hit home runs. I just try to meet the ball and get base hits.
The guy's (Shane Spencer) ridiculous. No one hits home runs like that. I'm telling you, man, it's ridiculous.
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