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"I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice."
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"Where I fall down is my short game. I don't practice enough, and when I have to take a half swing from 50 yards out, that's trouble."

"Don't do anything in practice that you wouldn't do in the game."

"The best practice you can get is on the bandstand, but in between gigs I feel I have to stay in shape."

"Everything you need to get that relaxed driving that brings consistency only comes with practice."

"I think it's a fallacy that the harder you practice the better you get."

"An inventor fails 999 times, and if he succeeds once, he's in. He treats his failures simply as practice shots."

"I'm always mentally photographing everything as practice."

"Even though NASA tries to simulate launch, and we practice in simulators, it's not the same - it's not even close to the same."

"Many roads lead to the path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice."

"It takes lot of practice to get it right."
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"The pitcher has got only a ball. I've got a bat. So the percentage in weapons is in my favor and I let the fellow with the ball do the fretting."

"I looked for the same pitch my whole career, a breaking ball. All of the time. I never worried about the fastball. They couldn't throw it past me, none of them."

"On the field, blacks have been able to be super giants. But, once our playing days are over, this is the end of it and we go back to the back of the bus again."

"I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling for him."

"I never smile when I have a bat in my hands. That's when you've got to be serious. When I get out on the field, nothing's a joke to me. I don't feel like I should walk around with a smile on my face."

"My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging."

"I never doubted my ability, but when you hear all your life you're inferior, it makes you wonder if the other guys have something you've never seen before. If they do, I'm still looking for it."

"Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is eighty percent of being a successful hitter. The other twenty percent is just execution."
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