My pitching philosophy is simple. I believe in getting the ball over the plate and not walking a lot of men.
BOB GIBSON
BOB GIBSON
Bob Gibson on simple
Bob Gibson8 quotes“My pitching philosophy is simple. I believe in getting the ball over the plate and not walking a lot of men.”
Filed under
More from Bob Gibson
Rules or no rules, pitchers are going to throw spitters. It’s a matter of survival.
Bob GibsonBob Gibson I’m finding it very soul-jailing, you know? You don’t have time to play guitar or speak to your friends and family. It’s very demanding. I don’t know how people do it, to be honest, without an alcohol.
Brenton ThwaitesBrenton Thwaites When I gave up a grand slam to Pete LaCock, I knew it was time to quit.
Bob GibsonBob Gibson My pitching philosophy is simpe. I believe in getting the ball over the plate and not walking a lot of men.
Bob GibsonBob Gibson It is not something I earned or acquired or bought (the ability to pitch). It is a gift. It is something that was given to me – just like the color of my skin.
Bob GibsonBob Gibson When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story.
Bob GibsonBob Gibson A curve ball is not something you can pick up overnight. It took me years to perfect mine.
Bob GibsonBob Gibson
Original quotes
From our community writers
They bleed not in the mouth but through their ink – indelible and dark.
Juana GarciaJuana Garcia I would rather shoot my arrows than keep them in my bow, I would rather risk it all than risk nothing at all.
ShamaShama I wish I knew then all of the things I know now that I am enough.
TMCTMC I feel like I’m on fire, fighting for a moment on respite – I’m not placing bets.
M.K. StandbyM.K. Standby I found him in all the chaos, and that was when my world started making sense again.
MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Be grateful for what you have now, even if it’s not everything you wanted.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin
More on simple
This is so simple I’m ashamed to say it, but I’m sure it’s true. In fact, I would bet my life on it! And that’s why I don’t understand why our propaganda machines are always trying to teach us, to persuade us, to hate and fear other people on the same little world that we live in.
Tennessee WilliamsTennessee Williams It means being willing to do whatever it takes for as long as it takes. This is the warrior’s way. No excuses, no ifs, no butts, no maybes-and failure isn’t an option. The warrior’s way is simple: “I will be rich or I will die trying.”
T. Harv EkerT. Harv Eker My motto is very simple. Win a Ring for the King.
Shaquille O'NealShaquille O'Neal It’s simple arithmetic: “Your income can grow only to the extent you do.”
T. Harv EkerT. Harv Eker I’m a very simple man. You’ve got to have, like, a computer nowadays to turn the TV on and off… and the nightmare continues.
Ozzy OsbourneOzzy Osbourne The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.
Quentin CrispQuentin Crisp Truth; that long clean clear simple undeniable unchallengeable straight and shining line, on one side of which black is black and on the other white is white, has now become an angle, a point of view.
William FaulknerWilliam Faulkner I simply haven’t the nerve to imagine a being, a force, a cause which keeps the planets revolving in their orbits and then suddenly stops in order to give me a bicycle with three speeds.
Quentin CrispQuentin Crisp