A Quote by Kevin Millar

I didn't have a grip on that ball. I shouldn't have thrown it. — © Kevin Millar
I didn't have a grip on that ball. I shouldn't have thrown it.

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The harder you grip the bat, the more you can swing it through the ball, and the farther the ball will go.
Jack, get a grip of yourself.' I have a grip of myself.' Jack took a grip of himself. It was a most intimate grip; not the kind of grip that you usually take of yourself in public.
I can't really grip the ball with my left hand.
How to hit home runs: I swing as hard as I can, and I try to swing right through the ball... The harder you grip the bat, the more you can swing it through the ball, and the farther the ball will go. I swing big, with everything I've got. I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can.
Nobody taught me my slider. I mean, if you look at my grip, I don't think anyone has the same grip as I do. It's a separate grip. I hold it kind of weird and everything. When I started throwing it, I just wanted to start throwing something different and came up with that. I turned it a little bit.
Be ready to catch the ball when it is thrown by life.
Grip pressure - not mechanical flaws - is the biggest factor when you're nervous. You unconsciously grip it tighter, which keeps you from making a smooth swing with a natural release. Keep your grip pressure light, and you'll be surprised how much your mechanics stabilize.
I have to be able to make plays when the ball is thrown to my side.
When you drive a car, either you manage it and feel it with the grip of the car, or, like me, you fix it on visual speed. If you do it through the grip, you lose it very quickly - because when the track changes, you can have scares. I do it visually, so if I am going too fast I fight to get the car back, but I do not do it by feeling the grip.
I'm aware that if the ball is thrown in my direction, I'm expected to catch it because the media is going to be on my back.
Families hold each other in an iron grip of definition. One must break the grip, somehow.
I lick my fingers because I don't like when my hands get slick. Licking my fingers helps me keep a good grip on the ball.
The furthest I have even thrown the ball was 85 yards. But I had a little wind at my back, so I don't claim that one.
As long as the ball is thrown by a human being, I have the confidence to hit any pitch, no matter how fast it comes.
Twice I got thrown out of casino, literally thrown out by my feet thrown through the front door when I thought I had caught a cheater one night.
There's not a sport or activity in life where you have a really hard grip, you actually do better. Whether it's baseball or golf or kicking a ball, the looser you are, the further the thing goes... If you're tight, you're not necessarily better.
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