“Take the black book and after every few shots write something that comes to mind with regard to what you sensed or felt. Get rid of other people’s words and find your own. Be creative, use word pictu

"Finally he asked if I was warmed up. I said I was. He then asked me why I gripped the club in the manner in which I did. I said that I hadn’t given it much thought, that it just felt good this way. “

"His emphasis was always about playing the game in front of the ball, not the game behind the ball." - David L. Cook

"As I hit shot after shot with the skill of a true marksman, I was struck by the simplicity of the game. I chose a target, felt the swing, and allowed it to happen." - David L. Cook

"The same goes for any hotbed of talent development: all that’s required are ideas, information, passion, and reps." - Travis Lindbergh

"In 1988, Braves pitcher Tom Glavine led the major leagues in losses. But in the spring of ’89, while standing in the outfield during batting practice, he picked up a ball that rolled toward him and h

"In his 1970 book The Science of Hitting, Williams recalled that Hornsby, whom Rickey had rebuilt, taught him, “A great hitter isn’t born, he’s made. He’s made out of practice, fault correction, and c

"Even so, Wrigley continued to rebel against orthodoxy, installing retired air force colonel Robert W. Whitlow as the team’s athletic director. Whitlow, who was supposed to oversee the entire organiza

"In 1938, he invited the first failure by hiring Coleman R. Griffith, a groundbreaking researcher in the fledgling field of sports psychology, to consult for the Cubs on implementing a rigorous traini

"[He] believes in warming up to throw, not throwing to warm up" - Ben Lindbergh