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Beat Quotes

On rhythm, rivalry and getting knocked down.

The word does real work across this set, covering everything from beating oneself up over old regrets to childhood scuffles remembered with surprising fondness decades later. A baseball quote recalls learning early on how to lay down a bunt and reach base ahead of the throw, before adopting a different hitting style entirely.

I love rap lyrics, I love hearing people rap, I love molding a thought or idea into the shape that fits on a rap beat.

Quotes by Aesop Rock

I always compare myself to what I did last, so I've got to try and beat what I did last. I'm always upping my own bar.

Quotes by Adrian Younge

The best mark of a player is to beat him over a long distance.

Quotes by Adrian Lewis

If you can beat Phil Taylor in the longer format you can beat anyone.

Quotes by Adrian Lewis

Best Quotes

The Informe should no longer be the scene used to insult, beat, and criticize on the basis of preconfigured conceptions.

Quotes by Adolfo Aguilar Zinser

You know, you really can't beat a household commodity - the ketchup bottle on the kitchen table.

Quotes by Adlai Stevenson I

I'm always getting doubled; I just have to find ways to beat it. Can't use that as an excuse. Still got to get to the quarterback someway, somehow.

Quotes by Aaron Donald

I don't have any regrets about not having had children. What's the point? It's just something else to beat yourself up over.

Quotes by Zoe Wanamaker

The fellows that I played with encouraged me to bunt and beat the ball out. I was anxious to make good and did as I was told. When I came to Brooklyn, I adopted an altogether different style of hitting....

Quotes by Zack Wheat

Good Quotes

It was endlessly entertaining, watching people beat each other up. All the little kids in the neighborhood would come and watch... and then we'd beat them up as well.

Quotes by Wayne Coyne

I shifted my career when I was 44 to quit the Washington beats. I had a great Washington beat, a series of them, and I quit to start my tech column, which was a different kind of tech column.

Quotes by Walt Mossberg

Growing up, all I cared about in a song, before I really listened to lyrics, was that beat.

Quotes by Walker Hayes

If you have your eye set on somebody, don't beat around the bush.

Quotes by Vanessa Hudgens

The longer you stay out of this sport, the less sharp you are, and I've been aware of that; that's why I've stayed and haven't wanted to retire and come back - because you skip a beat.

Quotes by Urijah Faber

Hard Quotes

I could blow up from making a beat or I could blow up from making a song.

Quotes by Trippie Redd

I don't really care what type of beat it is. As long as it appeals to my ear, I'm gonna do a song to it.

Quotes by Trippie Redd

I'm attached to the beat. The beat speaks words. I love music.

Quotes by Travis Scott

You've got to beat the best if you want to be the best.

Quotes by Trent Alexander-Arnold

Drumming's pretty physical. We sit at the back of the stage getting beat up like a workhorse.

Quotes by Tommy Lee

Just Quotes

I used to enjoy using dots where they would be least expected, not at the end of a sentence but in the middle, creating the effect... of a skipped beat. It seemed to me the mind reacted - first!... in...

Quotes by Tom Wolfe

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the most personal, reflective quote about "beat" in this collection?
One speaker uses it as self-criticism, describing a life choice as "just something else to beat yourself up over" - a candid line about self-judgment rather than physical action.
Does this collection include a quote about neighborhood life growing up?
Yes, restrained: one speaker recalls a rough, colorful memory of childhood entertainment in their neighborhood, where fights among kids were treated as something to watch and even join in. It's included here as a personal, nostalgic anecdote rather than an endorsement of that behavior.
Is there a baseball quote using "beat"?
Yes - one quote recalls early coaching advice: "The fellows that I played with encouraged me to bunt and beat the ball out. I was anxious to make good and did as I was told," a specific memory about learning to play.
Does "beat" ever refer to a journalism career?
Yes, one quote uses the reporting sense of the word: "I had a great Washington beat, a series of them, and I quit to start my tech column, which was a different kind of tech column" - describing a career pivot at 44.
Where can I find more quotes about resilience and hard experiences?
See the Hard quotes collection for a related theme.

A more literal use comes from a journalist describing a career shift away from a long-running press assignment toward writing a technology column instead. For related reading, browse our hard quotes and best quotes pages.