When you try to do something bigger and more grandiose, a lot of times it's more apt to fall apart. It's a lot easier to lay down a bunch of singles than it is to get a home run.
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These days, men's singles is very hard. If you lose the first, you might lose everything.
When you're going into a game, you're not expected to hit a home run every game. You're just doing everything proper with proper swings.
I don't try to hit home runs. I just try to meet the ball and get base hits.
In those long, lonely miles you put in during the off-season, and in those knife-in-the-gut track repetitions and hill repeats that buckle your knees - at that moment in almost every race when you ask yourself how much you're willing to hurt to catch one more runner - you can draw strength and inspiration from your running mates.
I've never been a guy that's consistently hit home runs. It's always seemed to come, like, three or four in a week or two, and then I'll shut it down for a couple of weeks.
We always spend more time on the throwing events and a little bit more on the long jump. They're my weaker events - they don't come as naturally to me as running and jumping. I like the hurdles and the high-jump, I'm a springy, speedy athlete so those suit me.
I wouldn't describe myself as a home run hitter. I'm just trying to hit the ball hard in the gaps. Just backspinning baseballs and hitting line drives.
When you're in the middle of a pennant race, you can't go up there thinking about home runs.
There is nothing better than walking out and hitting a home run.
In my mind, the home run is paramount because it means instant runs.