Why do you need to do a fancy cartwheel for before you hit him? It just looks stupid.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Why slap them on the wrist with feather when you can belt them over the head with a sledgehammer.
If I'm going to get hit, why let the guy who's going to hit me get the easiest and best shot? I explode into the guy who's trying to tackle me.
It's not magic! It's physics. The speed of the turn is what keeps you upright. It's like a spinning top.
Maybe my caveman ancestors invented the wheel or something. I'm not sure.
The good kind of spin - backspin - comes from hitting the ball cleanly, then making a divot after impact.
It's just skating, and you're going to have a couple of mistakes. Even in practice, you're not hitting 100%.
Hitting is like swimming. Once you learn the stroke, you never forget it.
To have some idea what it's like, stand in the outside lane of a motorway, get your mate to drive his car at you at 95 mph and wait until he's 12 yards away, before you decide which way to jump.
My goal is to do cartwheels for the rest of my life.
When I was up there at the plate, my purpose was to get on base anyway I could, whether by hitting or by getting hit.