Quotes & Sayings About Curve Balls

My fingers are too short to enable me to get grip enough on the ball to pitch a deep curve, so that I have been compelled to depend more on drops, straight balls and the different artifices known to pitchers to deceive the batter. — Pud Galvin

Jimmy Connors likes the ball to come at him in a straight line, so that he can hit it back in another straight line. When it comes to him in a curve, he uses up half of his energy straightening it up again. — Clive James

There will always be some curve balls in your life. Teach your children to thrive in that adversity. — Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe

What you need, above all else, is a love for your subject, whatever it is. You've got to be so deeply in love with your subject that when curve balls are thrown, when hurdles are put in place, you've got the energy to overcome them. — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Life can throw curve balls of discouragement ... — Asa Don Brown

You never know what curve balls life is going to throw you and there's no way I can predict anything or make any assumptions about what the rest of my life is going to be like. — Carrie Underwood

You're gonna get thrown curve balls left and right, and that's just the way it goes. — Andrew McMahon

Life has a funny way of creating it's own tests. It throws curve balls that make you do and think and feel things that are in direct conflict with what you had planned and don't allow you to operate in terms of black and white. — K.A. Tucker

He's so ugly. When you walked by him, your pants wrinkle. He made fly balls curve foul. — Mickey Rivers

Business, like life, is funny. We all go through difficult times, and we all have to face curve balls and challenges, each and every week. And we need to laugh when things are funny. — Ronnie Apteker

You have to hold on to what you find because life has a way of throwing you curve balls that you never expect. — Cristin Milioti

You really can't prepare for anything in life. The second you know what's going to happen, there's always a curve ball, so I'm just chillin', cruising along for the ride. — Shailene Woodley

Right then I should have also thought about the curve balls coming my way, but sometimes it's really hard to see things until theyhit you upside the head. Then it's too late. — Maria Rachel Hooley

There are a number of writers who believe it is their duty to throw as many curve balls at the reader as possible. To twist and twist again. These are the Chubby Checkers of crime fiction and, while I admire the craft, I think that it can actually work against genuine suspense. — Mark Billingham

The gap is not between knowing it and living it, it's between knowing it and living it consistently. You know, we've all had moments when we got it right. Most of us have moments when we get it right every day. The trouble is getting it right when a curve-ball comes at us. — Marianne Williamson

Life doesn't exactly give us what we need when it's the perfect time. It's not a pitching machine straight over the plate. Life throws curve balls - hard and fast, unpredictable. But you still have to hit that sucker or strike out swinging. — Kandi Steiner

When life throws you curve balls, become a curve ball hitter. — C.L. Swinney

Sometimes our Biggest Nightmare turns out to be our Biggest Gift. And it all comes down to our attitude. Life will throw us curve balls and disappointments, even heartbreak. But ultimately we can choose if we're going to be Bitter or Better for the experience. — Kathryn Orford

Life keeps throwing me curve balls and I don't even own a bat. At least my dodging skills are improving. — Jayleigh Cape

I feel confident imposing change on myself. It's a lot more fun progressing than looking back. That's why I need to throw curve balls. — David Bowie

I have five pitches. Fast ball, change, curve, slider, screwball. I don't know any hitters. Catcher, he tells me what to do. I can get any pitch I want over the plate. — Juan Marichal

Life throws many curve balls, and if you don't swing ... you're never going to hit any! — Taylor Hicks

It wouldn't always be like this. Seven years of marriage had taught us that every day would be different, that life would throw us curve balls and we wouldn't always get along. But our eyes were wide open now. We knew what we wanted. And that was each other. He would drive me crazy and I would inevitably make him furious. But he would also make me happier than I had ever been. He would also take care of me, adore me, love me. And I would love him in return. I would support him. And I would respect him. — Rachel Higginson

For people who have ... had curve balls thrown at them, it is easier to digest change and digest change in other people. Change only scares the small-minded. The small-minded and me. — Casey Affleck

You may have a plan, but life throws you curve balls. Put God first; his plan is better anyway. — Lisa Vidal

Life has the habit of throwing curve balls to determine if you are paying attention. — Steven Redhead

But life inevitably throws us curve balls, unexpected circumstances that remind us to expect the unexpected. I've come to understand these curve balls are the beautiful unfolding of both karma and current. — Carre Otis