Tiant Quotes

#1. Family is everything. It is even more important than baseball.

Luis Tiant

#2. Why would I come back to you?

Erin Bow

#3. One cannot with impunity try to transfer this task entirely to mechanical assistants if one wishes to figure something, even though the final result is often small indeed.

Max Weber

#4. I didn't do it (pitch like he did) for show. I did it to get batters out. Players would tell me, 'We can't tell where the ball is coming from.'

Luis Tiant

#5. The fastball is the best pitch in baseball. It's like having five pitches, if you move it around.

Luis Tiant

#6. Just always believe in yourself ... and dreams - and dreams do come true. For me to play in the same city I grew up in, I mean ... I'm definitely blessed. But just always believe in yourself. And work hard. And dreams definitely come true.

Dellin Betances

#7. Nature doesn't move in a straight line, and as part of nature, neither do we.

Gloria Steinem

#8. The Devil knows that only those with the courage to risk their souls for love are entitled to have a soul, even if God does not.

Joe Hill

#9. The only one I feel pressure from is myself to go and give my all for every match and, obviously, I'm a competitor.

Caroline Wozniacki

#10. If we lose today, it will be over my dead body. They'll have to leave me face down on the mound.

Luis Tiant

#11. The writing begins when you've finished. Only then do you know what you're trying to say.

Mark Twain

#12. In my experience all women deserve someone better.

David Gemmell

#13. Keys meant Neil had explicit permission to be here and do what he liked. They meant he belonged.

Nora Sakavic

#14. Sometimes things go wrong, even when you're doing your best. That just shows that none of us are perfect. So I keep trying with all of my heart, and if that's not good enough, I'm not going to hang my head.

Luis Tiant

#15. Making money is one thing, paying tax is another.

Habeeb Akande

#16. I had dreamed about being a college coach for a long time, but with no education, I never thought I would get a chance.

Luis Tiant

#17. When I'm in Boston, I always feel like I'm home. I almost cry, I feel so good.

Luis Tiant

#18. Something wonderful is about to happen,
and something awful is about to happen.
You can dwell on either one.
It's your choice.

Richelle E. Goodrich

#19. Everyone loves good looks, but personality is what sells for me. I want someone to have fun and go on adventures with. I do like guys with tattoos, though.

Hayley Hasselhoff

#20. You'll see the "going big" theme running through everything I talk about in this section, as well as the rest of the book. You may be just

Kate White

#21. I give him (Frank Howard during April 28, 1968 two-hitter) shoulder, back, foot and the ball last," and Frank Howard commented, "He threw everything at me but the ball.

Luis Tiant