When it's your chance to step up to the plate, just hit it out of the park, and everybody will forget about everything that came before.
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You have to step up to the plate, and then hit one out of the park.
Everyone is going to have to step up to the plate.
Joe Torre would tell you to make sure you can hit the ball on the outside part of the plate.
The guy comes up to the plate, there's always a chance where he can get a grand slam and everybody forgets about all the times he missed.
Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time.'
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.
When I'm at the plate, I'm not thinking about what I'm trying to do with the bat - I'm thinking about what the pitcher is trying to do with the ball.
If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
You get to the plate and nothing is going through your mind. You see the ball, you see the seams.
Change your plate. Change your fate.