Utley Quotes & Sayings

An obituary should be an exercise in contemporary history, not a funeral oration. — Peter Utley

Fearlessness can be its own form of power. — Glenn Greenwald

Before, shortstops and second basemen were mostly defensive guys that made all the plays and didn't really hit that well. But now it's beginning to change a little bit. Now, shortstops and second basemen are very productive in terms of run producing. — Chase Utley

I had a very strong desire to be successful at something. — Nelson DeMille

The majority of the time with two strikes I'll choke up on the bat a little bit to try to stay as short as possible. It doesn't always work out like that, but that's the goal. — Chase Utley

It's good to find the barrel of the bat again. — Chase Utley

You're going to bat so many times during a season and it's not worth getting mad about. I still get frustrated, but I try not to let the other team know that. — Chase Utley

I didn't go up to the plate thinking, 'OK, my goal now is to get a hit'-I tried not to think about [the streak]. — Chase Utley

I always talk to young writers about when you make art in your room, you make art. And when you send it to New York and L.A., you have to be a professional. Of course, when you sell your book rights as an option for a movie, you have to be a professional about that. — Matthew Quick

I figured out that there are occasions where you have to get pumped up and take charge, situations where you have to have fun and situations where you need to settle down. — Chase Utley

I've always been taught to play the game hard. Baseball is such a tough game, it really humbles you at times, you just have to try not to get too high or too low. — Chase Utley

I know it sounds stupid and cliche, but I just want to get better. I want to keep improving. — Chase Utley

Writing a long novel is like survival training. Physical strength is as necessary as artistic sensitivity. — Mohsin Hamid

I got to play with some of the best players in the game, from Victor Martinez and Travis Hafner and Grady Sizemore in Cleveland, to here with Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, Cole Hamels. Obviously, to Seattle with Ichiro and Felix Hernandez, and then to Texas with Josh Hamilton, Ian Kinsler, Mike Young. It was a great experience. Without being traded I never could have gotten to do any of that.? — Cliff Lee

The Cherokees had 1,200 miles to go before they reached eastern Oklahoma, the end of the trek they would forever be remembered as the Trail of Tears. As their homeland disappeared behind them, the cold autumn rains continued to fall, bringing disease and death. Four thousand shallow graves marked the trail. Marauding parties of white men appeared, seized Cherokee horses in payment for imaginary debts, and rode off. The Indians pressed on, the sullen troopers riding beside them. They — Robert M. Utley

I'm definitely not the most graceful person out there. I've always been taught to play hard. I don't know how not to play hard. But for some guys it just looks easier. For me, it's not that natural. — Chase Utley

You try to take it game-to-game and keep working. — Chase Utley

I never want to look in the mirror and say, 'What if? What if I had run harder? What if I had dived for that groundball?' — Chase Utley

I could care less if people talk about us or not. We know what we can do here. It's an exciting time for us. — Chase Utley

Rap started on the street, and religion is everywhere, even on the streets. — Ebony A. Utley

Hitting at the top of the order is a good thing. You get more at-bats. I'm excited to see how this develops. — Chase Utley

Incredibly deep research combines with the talents of a fine historian and writer to produce superb narrative history. The true character and relationship of these two iconic westerners emerge to suppress myth and correct more than a century of tomes laden with bad history. — Robert M. Utley

We never search for scandal, but we use it if it cries out to excess. — Peter Utley

I've said this before, but going and playing with the guys that have been to the World Series, the elite players of the game, there's no harm in hanging around those guys at all. — Chase Utley

As I said in the chipping chapter, I don't want the grip end of the club moving very far. If you get the idea that you need to make a faster swing with your arms doing most of the work, the first thing that's going to happen is that the pulling action of the left arm will send your left shoulder up, tilt your spine back, away from the target, move the bottom of your swing way behind the ball, and there it is - a fat shot, or a skull from hitting it on the upswing. Think of it as a bigger pivot and you'll start to feel the chain reaction — Stan Utley

Ridicule is the deadliest weapon of the age ... — H. P. Blavatsky

Perhaps the breaking of the human spirit into submissive, thoughtless robots is the most terrible feature of Stalin's Russia. Humanity is bowed down. Every one cringes before his superiors, and those who abase themselves seek outlets in bullying and terrifying the unfortunates beneath them. Integrity, courage and charity disappear in the stifling atmosphere of cant, falsehood and terror. — Freda Utley

I have been black and blue in some spot, somewhere, almost all my life from too intimate contacts with my own furniture. — Frank Lloyd Wright

I don't really like the spotlight. — Chase Utley

I didn't know what to expect coming to college. High school was pretty easy and I guess I expected college to be along the same route. It was just an overwhelming experience. — Chase Utley

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It took us a little while, but we swung the bats well tonight. — Chase Utley

It's pretty self-explanatory. If we play well, we know what our picture is. If we don't play well, we'll know what our picture is. — Chase Utley