Successful Pitch Pillows

"Fantastic presentation! All of the investors loved it."

'You forget, I'm a blackbelt in powerpoint.'

"These projections don't make sparkles shoot out my ass."

Bobby's pitching coach told him to put some stank on the ball.

'Ho,ho,ho, but can you be more specific?'

"As you can hear, it has an engine that purrs ... '

"That's a very difficult problem to address, Ted, could you restate it as a solution?"

"In layman's terms, it's £12,750."

The Goalkeeper

"I see you're an ex televangelist who would like to stay in sales."

Change Management: Change can be ruf.

Dragon's den desk. 'I'm in' and 'I'm out' tray on desk.

"The margin of error is plus or minus one hundred percent."

'I know, we'll lead off the presentation with me telling an incredibly long and seemingly pointless anecdote about the time I burned my finger while lighting the back yard grill...'

'Obviously, for Ben's proposal to really take off, he'll need a longer runway than our little company can provide!'

"I propose we go with the second option."

"Let's go slider, fastball, curve, beanball, fight, ejection, shower, beer."

"Your body language says you've lost interest."

"Are we afraid of a little competition? Based on the figures, absolutely."

'I take it we won the business, then?'

'You want to run that by me again?'

"Wow! That's a mean curveball."

"No, Barbara, this wouldn't make a great 'Seinfeld' episode!"

The rotator cuff fairy.

"Fabulous! Marvellous! The kind of job that only comes along once in a lifetime!"

"He's a genius at product placement."

"We prefer our idea people to present their ideas during office hours."

A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it isn't open.

'Is there any chance you have been in close contact with a Baritone?'

Arsene Wenger

Gerald sensed that more than just his reputation was riding on the success of the presentation.

'I have only ten minutes and hardly know where to begin. Begin at the ninth.'

'So much for the question of whether of whether or not a curveball really curves.'

'What's our policy on begging for sales?'

"He's got great velocity, but he really needs to work on his trajectory."