The adrenaline was coursing through my veins, and the ball felt like a shotput. And Todd Greene, the catcher, looked really small. Sixty feet and six inches seemed like a half-mile. And anyway, I took a deep breath and threw it, and thankfully it went over the plate. The response was overwhelming. It was the most nervous I had ever been. It was the most nervous moment of my entire presidency, it turns out.
— Former President George W. Bush, in a Time/HBO documentary, saying that the most nerve-wracking moment of his presidency was throwing out the ceremonial first pitch during Game One of the 2001 World Series. Yep — after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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