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Archives - May 2004
Posted 05.31.04 �
"My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I
was in a slump or feeling badly or having
trouble off the field, the only thing to do was
keep swinging." � Hank Aaron, Hall of Fame
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Posted 05.30.04 �
"Every great hitter works on the theory that
the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of
the pitcher." � Ty Cobb, Hall of Fame baseball
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Posted 05.29.04 �
"What's important is that kids discover that
baseball is fun � and that it gets to be more
fun as you get better at it." � Mickey Mantle,
Hall of Fame baseball player � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 05.28.04 �
"Baseball is so ingrained in Cuba that it has
thrived as the 'national sport' through 40 years
of bitterly anti-American revolution." � Roberto
Gonzalez Echevarria � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 05.27.04 �
"I never throwed an illegal pitch ... Just once in
a while I used to toss one that ain't never been
seen by this generation." � Satchel Paige, Hall
of Fame baseball player � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 05.26.04 �
"I might have had a tough break, but I have an
awful lot to live for." � Lou Gehrig, Hall of
Fame baseball player, who was afflicted during
his playing days with ALS, an incurable disease � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 05.25.04 �
"Jordan's swagger, Gretzky's grace and
Elway's determination were not dulled by age or
eroded by exposure." � Richard Hoffer,
sportswriter � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 05.24.04 �
"You travel around Texas with me, and everyone
wants to talk about Nolan Ryan." � George Bush,
then-governor of Texas and team owner � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 05.23.04 �
"Baseball's roadside is littered with the
careers of terrific rookie pitchers who quickly
dissolved in rusty, dented mediocrities." �
Daniel Okrent, sportswriter � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 05.22.04 �
"Managing is like holding a dove in your
hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it; not hard
enough and it flies away." � Tommy Lasorda,
baseball manager � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 05.21.04 �
"No matter how long you have been playing, you
still get butterflies before the big ones." �
Pee Wee Reese, Hall of Fame baseball player � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 05.20.04 �
"A lot of people run a race to see who's
fastest. I run a race to see who has the most
guts." � Steve Prefontaine, champion distance
runner and Olympian � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 05.18.04 �
"I'm about five inches from being an
outstanding golfer. That's the distance between
my left ear and my right." � Ben Crenshaw,
champion professional golfer � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 05.17.04 �
"Talent is God-given, be humble; fame is
man-given, be thankful; conceit is self-given,
be careful." � Anonymous, quoted often by
champion college basketball coach John Wooden � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 05.16.04 �
"I don't look on football as a career. It's a
stepping stone. I know too many ballplayers who
were lost when opportunity didn't knock on their
door." � Frenchy Fuqua, professional football
player � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 05.15.04 �
"The hardest part of any slump is looking up
at the scoreboard and seeing your stats in huge
numbers." � Jason Giambi, professional baseball
player � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 05.14.04 �
"Just once I'd like to see a picture of one
of these guys with the caption 'He's a dog'
underneath it. Ate up $8,000 worth of groceries
in four years and can't play worth a lick." �
Abe Lemons, college basketball coach, on
recruiting � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 05.13.04 �
"It took me seventeen years to get three thousand
hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on
the golf course." � Hank Aaron, Hall of Fame
baseball player � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 05.12.04 �
"He talks OK up there with a bat in his
hands. A college education don't do you no good
up there." � Casey Stengel, Hall of Fame
baseball manager, on Yogi Berra, Hall of Fame
player � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 05.11.04 �
"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to
keep playing baseball." � Pete Rose,
professional baseball player and coach � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 05.10.04 �
"I'm just a ball player with one ambition, and
that is to give all I've got to help my club
win. I've never played any other way." � Joe
DiMaggio, Hall of Fame baseball player � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 05.09.04 �
"He treats us like men. He lets us wear earrings."
� Torrin Polk, University of Houston receiver,
on his coach at the time, John Jenkins � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 05.08.04 �
"The most difficult aspect of dealing with
sportswriters is their assumption of moral
superiority. They insist on advising everyone."
� Glenn Seaburg, college chancellor � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 05.07.04 �
"Great stars that knew their days in fame's
bright sun. I heard them trampling to oblivion."
� Grantland Rice, legendary sportswriter, on the
fleeting nature of fame � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 05.06.04 �
"Don't try to perform beyond your abilities �
but never perform below them." � Frank Robinson,
manager and Hall of Fame baseball player � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 05.05.04 �
"I swing big, with everything I've got. I hit big
or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can."
� Babe Ruth, Hall of Fame baseball player � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 05.04.04 �
"There were days when Mickey Mantle was so
good that we kids would bet that even God would
want his autograph." � Bob Costas, broadcaster � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 05.03.04 �
"There is nothing harder to do in all of sports
than hitting a home run." � Ted Williams, Hall
of Fame baseball player � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 05.02.04 �
"Willie Mays was my boyhood hero, but not because
he was a great baseball player. Because he had a
big house." � O.J. Simpson, Hall of Fame football
player � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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Posted 05.01.04 �
"There is no room in baseball for a clown." � Chuck Dressen, professional baseball manager, to Bob
Uecker, professional baseball player and later
broadcaster � [Get thousands of quotes from Carlo
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