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Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!

Theodore Roosevelt

My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.

Erma Bombeck

You get the pretty images due to the light hitting the defects in the materials.

Michael Davidson

She's hitting her stride. She's been up and down this year.

Julie Mulder

We started hitting shots. You credit the guys for not panicking at halftime (and) sticking with it.

Jon Murphy

We don't have the bats to let it rip. We have to have situational hitting.

Bill Alexander

The top two hay bales were on fire, so I'm hitting my air horn and my siren. It's a fluke.

Randy Carter

We had everything working for us, our pitching, hitting and fielding in the first two weeks.

Joe Blumberg

It was a big game, ... Avondale has some good athletes. We've been playing very physical. The kids have been hitting people.

Scott Guthrie

We're hitting, but we're not able to get the hits with runners on base. We've lost a few one-run games lately, and it has been tough.

Ronnie Wulf

The entire line did a great job. The backs did a great job of hitting the holes and our quarterback made some great decisions.

Adam King

(The official) called it hitting from behind, game DQ. He said it was intent to injure. He said it was head into the boards, I don't know.

Dennis Martin

She's really hitting the ball and that's a good sign. She's moving better right to left and that's really good.

Brian Mills

She had a big night. You can always credit hitters for hitting well, but if they aren't getting a good ball, it doesn't matter how good a hitter is.

Brian Doyon

I felt like Tin Cup for a second -- kept hitting and hitting and hitting.

Matt Hansen

There is a flood of television series hitting the market.

Scott Hettrick

You don't lead by hitting people over the head-that's assault, not leadership.

Dwight David Eisenhower

For our first game, I was really impressed. We were all in the right spots. We had good defense, pitching and hitting.

Dave Tollett

We hit the ball hard the first two innings right at Wayne. If you keep hitting the ball hard, good things will happen.

Terri Holmes

They booted the ball around a lot in that first inning but we did a lot of hitting in that first game as well. We did it in spurts.

Jerry Kramer

I feel pretty good going up there Wednesday. If we can play as good of defense as we have been and if we can start hitting the ball, we can win this game Wednesday.

Matt Rann

We jumped on 'em early by hitting the ball extremely well in the early innings. They are a young team, but so are we. We're growing up more with every game.

Andy Owens

Getting a two-spot in the first inning, that was big. We seem to be getting better and better each game (hitting the baseball).

David Mcginnis

We didn't play well. We can't allow the ball to drop out there; we needed timely hitting and good defense, and we didn't get it.

Jodi Hermanek

That was very distracting for him. He backed away before hitting his second shot and said, 'Hold on, we've got more golf to play.' I could see where it broke his concentration.

Carl Jackson

If they're not hitting the week's plan, they have to do something.

Richard Baum

We got one goal and could have gotten some more, but we did not have any luck hitting the post, ... This may be the game to get the monkey off our back with this stadium.

John O'brien

It's no hidden secret. It's no code you have to break. You have to have solid defense, you have to have good pitching and timely hitting.

Justin Fleener

We've got to become a better hitting ball club. That's our weakness right now.

Tim Woehler

Our defense businesses are hitting on all cylinders, having consistently met or exceeded targets for revenue, cash and margin.

Daniel P. Burnham

They did a good job of helping and fronting. We weren't hitting anything. We just had a bad game.

Alejo Rodriguez

I told the girls to stick right in there and keep hitting and we'll get the job done.

Brad Carson

I was pleased with our hitting today. I felt like that, with that amount of hits from us, and if our defense was where it should have been, we should have won both games.

Tammy Olson

I figured we had to score 10 to win both games, because they probably are the best-hitting team in the league.

Keith Samplawski

Their guards are solid, they got out into transition and that's what they do. They feed off transition and Downey was just hitting his shots.

Marquis Webb

Coming here and beating them, it was tremendous. They were hitting incredible shots, but we can shoot with anybody.

Kevin Pittsnogle

It was nice to see a couple of our players come alive at the plate. We did a good job of hitting overall.

Dana Fiedler

I think my hitting power is stronger when I'm lighter and faster.

Shane Mosley

Started hitting my brother that's when me and her tried to get the guys off us both ended up getting hit.

Alysa Stewart

The fact that all seven of them were alive after hitting the water is a trip to begin with.

Duane Hausch

Our defense and hitting were finally coming together.

Katrina Solomon

This was my best hitting night. We had nerves. We make little mistakes that we shouldn't.

Samantha Allen

I got a bloody black eye for it. I couldn't see out of my eye. He's just trying to get his charges dropped. It wasn't a dive or anything like that. He's got a bad record. He shouldn't go around hitting blokes high.

Joel Clinton

We came out on fire in the first quarter. We were hitting our shots and not giving them any second looks.

Tiffany Corey

My favorite thing is hitting. Maybe hitting a home run.

Jeremy Smith

For the most part, there have been a lot of good things. Rachel Gable and Sarah Finkel have both been hitting .300, which is some of the places we've been getting help.

Nick Joseph

Hitting and throwing aren't too bad, just the running, ... And I don't want any.

Geoff Jenkins

It (stinks). That's about all I can think of. We knew they probably had a couple shooters but he was hitting everything.

Cory Boone

I got tendinitis in both elbows from hitting off mats.

Steve Buyer

We combined it all - hitting, pitching and defense. When we do that, we're dangerous.

Randy Wilstead

I never get nervous. Baseball consists of two things: hitting and pitching, and we've got both.

Carl Pohlad

We're hitting up against supply constraints certainly this year. We're supplying all we can supply.

Peter Weeks

I was happy to score 20 run by hitting fours.

Lalu Prasad

She doesn't even know how lethal she is hitting the 3 and driving. But, sometimes she's a sophomore and it gets into her head a little bit.

Flo Brazukas

Joey is playing great. He is smacking his serve and really hitting the ball well.

Susie Luten

We have been swinging the bats well lately. Each game is going to be different, and we've had a few good hitting games in a row.

Chez Sievers

That was a great day for Nikki. She was just a double away from hitting for the cycle.

Greg Shivers

So far we have done a good job hitting the ball. It's not just some of them but all of them that are hitting the ball.

Wendy Massey

More than anything, this will be a time to celebrate. The Drake neighborhood is really hitting its stride these days.

Jennifer James

That sixth inning, I got the ball up a little bit and they were hitting it pretty hard.

Horacio Ramirez

Tim did a great job of competing and hitting his spots. He's one of those kids, you tell him what you need him to do and he comes through.

Vance Arnold

She's been on quite a hitting streak.

Sonja Broyles

I e-mailed all my customers and some donated money for gas. I'm hitting up everybody.

Debbie Brown

I've been hitting it well and doing everything pretty well, really. I've had quite a few tap-ins and 3- or 4-footers, which is always nice.

Vaughn Taylor

I was mainly hitting the ball on the ground.

Alex Walker

We didn't put the ball away. We committed too many hitting errors. The passing wasn't very good. It was a whole team thing.

Tino Reyes

I was glad she was done hitting me, but I didn't want her to hit anyone else.

Michael Axelrod

The first inning we played with a lot of confidence. That was the best hitting display we've had all season.

Kelly Helms

We didn't hit some of the shots that we are used to hitting. It happens. We gave it our all, and that's all we could do.

Alisa Kresge

They got some timely hitting.

Chris Tippins

The whole team is on a tear. As a team, we're hitting around .350.

Sheldon Andrews

Our hitting percentages in games one and three are unbelievable. It was a great team win.

Ray Bechard

He's got a head the size of a Volkswagen. I can't miss hitting him.

John Ruiz

We didn't get it done in crucial areas. We didn't run the ball well. We didn't play well enough up front. It's not about what they do. It's about what we do. If we do what we do effectively and we're hitting on all cylinders, it doesn't matter. .... We can run through anybody.

Roman Oben

We are hitting the bottom in this industry. But it's not as bad as it was two quarters ago.

Moshe Katri

Now we're hitting a little bit, but we are not playing well defensively.

John Jones

It was a big win for us over a county rival. We were hitting the ball much better today.

Brian Goodman

We believe that the chances of Oracle hitting consensus estimates for its May quarter are low.

Neil Herman

I know I am getting better at golf because I am hitting fewer spectators.

Gerald R. Ford

They were hitting, but it was like they were playing horse out there.

Scott Gernander

We were hitting the cover off the ball. We had a couple of quarters in our pocket.

David Delainey

We knew we needed to come out and play harder defense than we did in the first half. They were hitting their shots in the first half.

Toussaint Tyler

We got some clutch hitting tonight. That's something, we haven't been doing.

Judy Smith

We've had a lot of wakeup calls. We just keep hitting the snooze alarm.

Riitta Schaublin

We just came out hitting. We hit today. We did things we needed to do.

Bart Mcafee

But when it fell on the ground after hitting coconut leaves, the residents scampered away because they thought it was a bomb.

Temojen Tulawie

We're hitting up our customers, ... We've got flyers posted everywhere, even at the drive-through, asking customers to contribute.

Bill Wright

I keep telling them that hitting is contagious.

Bobby Hyatt

(The linebackers) probably have the toughest individual running and hitting drills.

Jay Rohr

That's pretty good. I'm really impressed with our hitting.

Lana Ross

We have not done a good job of hitting. More importantly, we haven't done a good job of driving guys in.

Rob Mcdonald

Our hitting and attacking was strong and our serving was good for the most part. They served aggressively.

Ruth Shields

We're still swinging the bats well. We're hitting the ball hard and getting hits at the right times.

Dennis Rine

In the second game we had a lot of floor errors. We didn't hit the ball when we should have; we stopped hitting the ball.

Richard Jarrett

Every day, they are hitting any town, any city, any suburbs. This is something that's becoming a daily practice of the Israeli army.

Marwan Kanafani

What it came down to is that we executed early. We were hitting the ball well but right at them. We could have had more runs, but we kept plugging away.

John Hepperle

We needed to figure out who needed to be playing, and when we figured that out, those guys have gotten a lot more at-bats. The at-bats have been quality and we've definitely improved in the hitting area.

Art Inabinet

Our mentality this year is if we get on base we have to score. We've had clutch, two-out hitting throughout the year.

Mike Stephens

They're our two big guns. If we're going to go anywhere this year, we got to have them hitting the ball. ... Those are the guys we're depending on, and they came through for us today. I thought everybody else on the lineup did well too.

Bart Mcatee

We did the hard part hitting back from 3-1 to tie the game at 3-3 but then undid all our good work by conceding two late goals.

Martin Hodge

Kyle's has been hitting the ball really well for us in the last two weeks. Even his outs have been hard hits.

Dan Garofano

Two games will be fine for him, ... You're just concerned about his timing. Coming out in hitting shape.

Kevin Ross

They humiliated us. I'm glad we get another chance at them. My girls are playing well. Petal is a good hitting team. If we can hit with them, it can be anybody's game.

Tracy Box

That's the concept of team. A great team has all the pieces — pitching, defense, and hitting.

Amber Hall

I've been hitting the ball well all year. I'm starting to make some putts.

Matt Hansen

In the game of baseball, timely hitting is so important, and we just didn't get timely hitting.

Chuck Schoolcraft

We finally broke out our hitting shoes. The middle-of-the-lineup guys hit well.

Brian Gouin

I've been kind of slow hitting this spring but today I feel great.

Rob Cosby

I thought we did a good job of hitting some key shots. We hit some shots when we had to.

Alan Dunahee

We haven't been hitting all year long and I don't know why right now. That has to change.

Jim Rise

We've been hitting the ball hard, and we've really focused on hitting the ball in the gaps. We're not happy with just singles.

Scott Haney

Everybody was hitting the ball that inning for us.

Aaron Bender

The defense came up with some big turnovers, ... That's good. We're around the ball hitting folks, and that was a real plus.

Ken Hatfield

Hopefully, we'll have some guys step and hit who haven't been hitting as much and we don't commit any errors.

Ab Argent

Practice, practice, practice. I've been practicing at the same hitting style forever and I've been getting better.

Kami Hebert

This team is playing really well right now. They are a very good hitting team. Their pitching is doing extremely well right now. It?s definitely going to be a good contest.

Jamie Pinkerton

We're not hitting on all cylinders, defensively. When we're playing good, I'll let you know.

Tony Dungy

We just had trouble hitting the ball. We were hitting the ball and putting it in play but couldn't find gaps.

Steve Rodriguez

The second inning was when we started hitting the ball hard. That one big inning certainly helped. We were hitting the ball hard. When you put the ball in play, things happen.

Mike Highfield

Our hitting is getting better. We had some very good at-bats and made some adjustments.

Dave Heise

The girls are hitting the ball very well and defensively they're starting to come around and April is pitching consistently.

Jim Amato

When Jill and Claire hit, everybody seems to hit the ball. We get runners on, but then nobody follows up by hitting them in.

Amy Cook

He's always been in baseball and loves to teach hitting. He's a great guy.

Scooter Dunn

He was doing a great job. We were just hitting the ball into the ground. I wouldn't say we were beating it.

Don Money

There's going to be a lot of animosity, you can count on that, ... In the preseason game, there's no question about the rules, there's no question about hitting people. They're going to get hit -- hard.

Barrett Green

They just didn't throw the ball down. Good hitting teams will beat you if you can't do that. (Eagle is) a good hitting club.

Mike Federico

We have athleticism, speed, everything. If we're hitting on all cylinders, we can go far.

Terry Coleman

It's a really good sign that he's hitting. He left hitting the ball pretty good. He was hitting it long ... and far.

Jeff Pentland

For us to get better we really need to improve our hitting and game awareness. We need to learn how to compete in games and make the plays.

Dick Meader

I'd be hitting and all I could think about was that one error. When I gave up runs to the opponent, that's what sets it off.

Lee Cruz

We're hitting the ball solid. We've been hitting the ball solid for the last couple of games. The bats answered the call tonight.

Mark Comfort

He threw the ball very well. ... That's a good hitting team over there.

Dan Rohn

We were hitting on 11 cylinders. They got after it tonight. We got a little better. What a great effort by Molen.

Ron Lebsock

The question of a hurricane hitting New York is not a question of if, but when.

Brian Pozzi

I wasn't hitting anything and George was getting hot. Just like the other games when I've been hot he's gotten me the ball, when he's hot I'm giving it right back to him.

Bryan Erce

Hitting is business. With two strikes you really protect that plate.

Bill Terry

The whole thing got out of control. Everybody just was taking turns hitting her.

Alan Walter

We've been concentrating a lot in practice on hitting. I'm happy with it.

Max Bukovac

That was the spark of the game, him coming off the bench and hitting three in a row.

Chauncey Duke

I just can't explain why we can't hit the ball. We work on hitting every day. We will continue to work at it until we figure it out. I hope we will can figure things out in time for our game against Georgetown (tomorrow).

Michele Cahill

We didn't start hitting until about the fourth inning.

Blake Yeager

It was really good. I was really proud of her. She's been hitting the ball very well.

Becca Anderson

They just kept hitting shots. It was one of those nights where they kept hitting shots.

Michael Redd

You can always hit up Willie Horton for [hitting tips].

Dmitri Young

He?s hitting the ball real well. He?s the kind of guy who always comes ready to play.

Mark Mace

We had pitching in the first game, but the hitting wasn't there. We got the bats alive a little bit in the second game, but we couldn't keep it going.

Michael Arensdorff

I know we didn't show it early, but this is a good-hitting team.

Jeff Davanon

It's way better. Before I could barely walk, so to be hitting, that's big.

Bobby Crosby

You know Aubrey is hitting good when he's hitting the ball the other way.

Turtle Thomas

She's been hitting really well and is a big leader for us.

Holly Rago

We couldn't finish them off with two outs. It was good for (Spring Creek). They had timely hitting.

Joe Gallegos

I've been preparing for this for awhile bit it's hitting me now. I am an emotional guy, really.

Antoine Jordan

It was cracked a little bit ... I just finished it. It's hard when you're hitting the ball well and the hits don't come.

Miguel Olivo

They're a very aggressive-hitting team.

Rich Miller

I haven't been hitting as well as I should be lately, ... I'm going to try and finish strong.

Hank Blalock

We'll see where he is at this weekend. It's one of those things where he hit it and keeps hitting it, so you've got to give it some rest.

Jim Zalesky

Once again we got some very good pitching and good hitting. Our players are really playing well.

Robert Fletcher

We've only played one game to our full potential. We've got a good record and we've had some good wins, but we've only had that one game where everybody was hitting it.

Jack Weight

It's going to be a lot of hard hitting. It's going to be tough, and it's probably going to come down to the fourth quarter.

Travis Payne

I'll know I'm getting better at golf because I'm hitting fewer spectators.

Gerald R. Ford

He's had a nice (hitting) streak. Has he been hotter? Yes.

Clint Hurdle

He is just a hitting machine.

Rick Sweet

We're hitting the recruiting trail hard. We have 28 new students this fall. We're focusing our efforts on getting the students here and keeping them.

Steve Harbstreit

Imagine if we start hitting the ball. I'm serious -- imagine if we start hitting the ball.

Ronnie Reyes

Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.

Warren Spahn

Just one guy hitting a shot falling out of bounds. But we had our chances. We will work to get back here.

Paul Molinari

I probably left him out there too long. He got behind in counts, they were hitting him, he was walking guys.

David Ruark

It's clear there's a lot of room for improvement, there's no inherent ceiling we're hitting up on.

Sergey Brin

New products are coming on line and other products will be hitting their stride.

Miles White

It's very frustrating. We haven't got any timely hitting against the good teams and you need to do that.

Derek Karcich

Hitting the ball with runners in scoring position is nice.

Scott Palin

Our hitting was great, but you can't win ball games with errors.

Theresa Carroll

We should be very strong defensively, but we aren't really sure yet on offense. We need to get everyone hitting the ball well soon.

Bob Denbrock

This was one of Lindsay's best games. She really was bringing some heat, and against a good-hitting team like Fairfield, that's an exceptional job.

Keith Castner

We're not hitting home runs. We're not curing people, but we're extending lives.

Dr. Joan Bull

We were tired, but I thought they were too. They just had one guy that kept hitting.

Jason Henry

I like hitting behind my brother, ... He's a good player.

Sean O'brien

We hit the ball really well that game. That was our best day of last week as far as hitting goes. We played well as a team that day.

Stephanie Elowsky

She was very involved in that sport, diving for the ball, hitting the floor, just getting everything.

Barbara Parker

We were hitting the ball solid all game and we finally hit some to some spots where they weren't. Holly Heinrichs had a fine game both offensively and defensively.

Kris Vancas

We couldn't get ahead in the count. We weren't throwing strikes. You got to get ahead of a good hitting ball clubs.

Rob Rowe

In the first half, we came out nervous. At half, I said 'come on guys, let's go.' We settled down and we started hitting our shots.

Adam Stern

We're hitting the ball really well right now.

Mark Comfort

We were hitting tonight. We took good shots, and we finished.

Debbie Ryan

We had a chance to win that game. Good pitching gets good hitting out.

Bob Guerrera

We couldn't figure out a way to stop him. And with (Ryan) Thornton hitting 3s, we had to answer every shot and we couldn't.

Robert Kreps

It was nice to keep the hitting streak alive. But I would have been happy going 0-for-3 and getting a 4-1 win.

Marcus Giles

We've got to come together and make sure we've got the whole team hitting on eight cylinders if we are going to be as effective as we can be.

Bill Dorenkott

I don't know why he started hitting me. He just snapped.

Samantha Rivera

I'm so happy, hitting eighth or ninth. If they put me second to help the team, I'm happy, too. We'll continue to push the envelope.

Juan Uribe

We should have been hitting all night, like the way we did in the fifth inning. We've got to focus more on the mental aspects of the game.

Alan Edmondson

If you're hitting .300, it means you're seeing the ball and getting a good pitch to hit.

Xavier Nady

She did as nice a job tonight in hitting locations as she has all year.

Mike Beckley

Look at how big he is, ... He should be hitting home runs!

Dan Johnson

They played man-to-man and we did a better job of hitting the outlet and pushing the ball.

Holly Misto

Our pitching has been pretty good, our hitting has been adequate, and our defense has been bad. That's pretty much what we showed (Saturday).

Dewey Kalmer

It was all there (yesterday). We got pitching, defense and timely hitting. So far we've only gotten two out of three.

Joe Siciliano

Everyone was hitting shots and having fun out there (in the second half). No one was tied up in knots.

Kevin Lisch

We have been focused on hitting a lot in fall camp. We have one day where all we do in practice is work on hitting.

Randy Nelson

I think we're hitting our stride.

Kyle Orton