You knew whenever he hit the ground and didn't move, which wasn't like him.

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"You may have some impact injuries which would stop you swimming back to the harbour wall, you may hit something or you may go straight under, " he said.

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He never took cheap shots or tried to hit you with sound bites.

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People are going to think that, you hit the Lego guy and he falls into three pieces and then he re-materializes.

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And he said, Congratulations, you have your first hit.

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"The leg strength you gained by skating seemed to help you hit the ball farther, " he says.

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"I took one look and said, 'Another hit, thank you, God, ' " he recalls.

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"It's what happens over the next few weeks that determine whether you have a problem or a hit, " he said.

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"You hit him a pretty good shot, " he said.

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For me I just go in there and don't thinking too much or try to do too much, get a pitch you can hit, take advantage of the mistakes he be making.

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Asked if all the main parties had lost public confidence on health, the inveterate Worcestershire health campaigner Dr Richard Taylor didn't hesitate: "You've hit the nail on the head, " he replied.

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Turner sideline reporter Craig Sager was broadcasting a 1978 Kansas City Royals spring-training game for a local station, he said, when the 5-foot-5 shortstop Freddie Patek hit "the you-know-what" out of the ball, at least according to Sager in the booth. (Except "you-know-what" was you know what.) Not a single mention of Sager's blunder exists on the Internet today.

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"You don't have to hit home runs every time, " he recently cautioned second-year tenor Diego Silva, who was going for a high note.

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"When you irradiate a young child's brain, say less than 5 years old, you hit the pituitary gland, which controls growth hormone production, " he said.

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If you watch Jimmy Connors hit a tennis ball with the kind of accuracy he was capable of at his peak and listen to the sound he made every time he did that, I never asked myself why is Jimmy making sounds.

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"It may give you extra legs deep in the season, but you still have to have that God-given ability to hit the ball, " he said.

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