Quotes about slumps (16 Quotes)



    I have seen boys on my baseball team go into slumps and never come out of them, and I have seen others snap right out and come back better than ever. I guess more players lick themselves than are ever licked by an opposing team. The first thing any man has to know is how to handle himself. Training counts. You can't win any game unless you are ready to win.

    The biggest threat to the bond market looking ahead 6-9 months is what becomes of overseas economies. Let us not forget that the Federal Reserve cut interest rates three times in 1998 because of the unexpected severity of overseas economic slumps.

    There's not a lot of happy campers around here with just the way things have been going. The old adage is 'hard work will get you out slumps.' It's certainly not a lack of effort on our part. We've got to get a win or two to get the confidence back.



    When a team has a group of guys who can shoot the ball like we do, it's just a matter of time before they start to go in. Throughout the course of a season, you're going to go through some slumps, and you just try to keep those slumps as short as possible. But we knew all along that it was just a matter of relaxing and making shots.

    He's got so much ability and he's capable of doing so many things, he asks himself to do too many things. Slumps are something you have to endure and fight your way through, and there's no quick way to get out of one.

    When you play long enough, everybody goes through spells and streaks and slumps of some nature. I think it's just one of the those things where you have to play yourself out of it.


    He's not making some plays we expect him to make, he's made in the past and will make in the future. I'll tell you one thing Pitchers go in slumps, hitters go in slumps, fielders go in slumps. Let's give him the benefit of the doubt. He's in a slump in the field. He has 48 hours to come out of it.




    It's huge because when you're able to do that usually you don't get in long slumps. Usually you don't swing and miss a lot because you're letting the ball get deep on you, you see the ball and you're able to read pitches well.

    I think our power numbers are directly related to our franchise situation. Those guys cost money. Would you rather go with pitching and have a chance to win every night, or go with a power guy who can maybe carry you for a while but who also goes into slumps




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