“What's hit's history: what's missed's mystery.”
Great Northern? (Chapter 9), 1947
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English author and journalist 1884–1967Related quotes
“He never fails to hit the target. But that was a miss.”
"Sir Bobby Robson: his most memorable quotes," 2009
“Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.”
As quoted in The Power of Choice (2007) by Joyce Guccione, p. 199
also attributed to Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) and Les Brown (1912–2001)
Misattributed
A Glass Can Only Spill What It Contains.
Brother, Sister (2006)
“The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.”
Gus: The Theatre Cat
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939)
“I'm ready. They hit me hard. I hit them hard. Doesn't matter who hits. What matters is results.”
Steve Schrader (April 13, 2008) "What the NBC microphones picked up: Predator taunting", Detroit Free Press.
“I always swing at the ball with all my might. I hit or miss big”
From "'Keep Your Eye On the Ball'; No, Not Golf, It's Babe Ruth," http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1920/08/13/page/11/ by Ruth (as told to Pegler), in The Chicago Tribune (August 13, 1920), p. 11; reprinted as "How to Hit Home Runs," https://books.google.com/books?id=SAAlxi-0EZYC&pg=PA29&dq=%22I+always+swing%22+%22hit+or+miss+big%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjZzNH7oM3QAhWJ4iYKHUCwC8wQ6AEIFDAA#v=onepage&q=%22I%20always%20swing%22%20%22hit%20or%20miss%20big%22&f=false in Playing the Game: My Early Years in Baseball, p. 29
Context: I always swing at the ball with all my might. I hit or miss big and when I miss I know it long before the umpire calls a strike on me, for every muscle in my back, shoulders and arms is groaning, "You missed it." And believe me, it is no fun to miss a ball that hard. Once I put myself out of the game for a few days by a miss like that.