Curveball Quotes

You never know when life will throw you that curveball, and snap away something dear to you within the blink of an eye. ~ Jaimie Roberts

My cutter has been key for me, and my curveball. I've been able to spot them where I want to spot them. ~ Eli Manning

Got any pitches? I got five pitches-rise-ball, curveball, screwball, drop-ball and changeup. ~ Jennie Finch

An artistic perspective will jab at you from a different angle; its logic comes like a pitcher with a curveball. ~ Criss Jami

If I can hit a curveball, why can't I hit a ball that is standing still on a course? ~ Larry Nelson

Everybody wants to know, 'How do you throw a curveball, how do you throw a slider, how do you throw this and that,' when they can't even locate a fastball. Learn how to control your fastball and then once you've got that, move on to other things. ~ Cliff Lee

Carrots might be good for my eyes, but they won't straighten out the curveball. ~ Carl Furillo

The writers are very good about misdirection and changeups, and that's what's great about it. We always think we know what's going to happen and then they throw a curveball that you don't see coming. ~ Mike Colter

Dude. I'm going to have a baby. A baby cub. What the hell am I going to do?"
Amara hugged her close and kissed her temple. Her friend warmed her when Eliana hadn't been sure she could ever feel any form of warmth again. "You're going to be a kickass mom. You and Malik are going to talk and figure out a plan. Whether you are together or apart, you'll be there for this baby. We all will. I know fate just threw you a curveball of epic proportions, but you can handle it. You're stronger than you think you are."
Eliana hoped her friend was right. Because everything had changed once again and now she had to be the rock for not only herself but her baby, as well. Only she was tired of being the rock. She wanted to lean against someone. She wanted a partner.
She just didn't think Malik knew what it meant to be a partner. Because she sure as hell didn't. ~ Carrie Ann Ryan

Michelle shrugged off Sam's aggression. Her eyes misted with memories. "Our curveball was a brain tumor. A grade IV astrocytoma, to be specific. He tried all the treatments - chemo, radiation, even surgery. Nothing helped alleviate his symptoms or his suffering. He was dying in the most horrible way. Seizures, nausea, blinding headaches, memory loss like an Alzheimer's patient. I didn't know what it was like to watch someone I love suffer so much, but I can relate to Julie's pain because the experience was utterly excruciating. ~ Daniel Palmer

Life has thrown you a curveball, baby. But it don't mean you need to throw all you know out the winda' neither. The Lawd is gonna give you another chance at love but you must be smart about it. ~ Lisa Patton

My first and only experience in baseball, the coach signed me up; he didn't tell me there's a thing called the curveball. I didn't know that. So the ball's coming at me and I start backing out, and then it broke inside. And the umpire says, 'Strike one!' And I'm saying, 'How is that a strike? It almost hit me!' ~ Magic Johnson

If life gives you a curveball, then be the catcher and catch it. ~ Fiona Boyd

You must not be afraid of small bits of silence. To use it well is the height of confidence and skill for a comedian. It increases the tension in a good way and adds contrast like a curveball complements the fastball of a good pitcher. ~ Franklyn Ajaye

Life is this crazy combination of love and risk and loss; then, just when you think you have it figured out, it throws you a curveball. ~ Nicole Waggoner

Hideki Irabu had a very good curveball. Just a straight up and down, swing-and-miss curveball. ~ Jorge Posada

I threw a lot more curveballs in college and the minor leagues. Up here, they're looking for that pitch. A curveball is more recognizable out of the hand than a fastball or changeup. They're taking them or hitting the mistakes I make with them. I don't want it to be so recognizable. I'll have to work with that because that was my pitch. ~ Tim Lincecum

I think everything comes together. I think it's me being more comfortable with what I am trying to do in terms of how I pitch, in using the curveball and stuff like that. It all brings the package together. ~ Tom Glavine

I throw my curveball like Clayton Kershaw and my fastball like Mo'ne Davis. ~ Mo'ne Davis

Do you always touch strangers?" I question, trying to ignore the warmth of his hand and the way I have to remember to breathe.
"You've been upgraded to acquaintance," he winks. "This is completely appropriate. ~ Teresa Michaels

John Wetteland had a very good curveball. He threw it for a strike, too, in any count, any situation. But, he really didn't use it much. He didn't want to throw it. He wanted to throw fastball-slider. ~ Jorge Posada

I'm always very excited by something that's a curveball or from left field. ~ Kevin McKidd

...that's what a book should do. It should tie you up, it should work you up, make you think, make you see, make you feel extra happy and sorrowful, extra nervous and bold. It must be dream laden, scheme sodden, soul shaking. And it must do all of this as mysteriously as a left-handed curveball coming at your head, twisting and spinning and making you duck until, at the very end, it magically crosses home plate, with such grace and command that it humbles, crumbles, and amazes you. ~ John H. Ritter