Mariano Rivera Quotes

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• I learned early in my life that sometimes I'm going to lose. I don't like it, but I accept it, meaning that I understand it's going to happen. But I don't see it like defeat; I see it like a learning process. Then if there's nothing to learn, I move on.

  Mariano Rivera

  Moving, Sometimes, Defeat

  Interview With Richard Gere, gotham-magazine.com. May 3, 2012.

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• I don't just think regular season. I think playoffs. World Series. That's how I think.

  Mariano Rivera

  Thinking, World, Playoffs

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• I never give up. If you beat me, you have to beat me one, three, four, five times, and I still don't give up.

  Mariano Rivera

  Giving Up, Don't Give Up, Three

  Interview With Richard Gere, gotham-magazine.com. May 3, 2012.

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• If you don't control your emotions, your emotions will control your acts, and that's not good.

  Mariano Rivera

  Emotion, Ifs

  "How Mariano Rivera Can Help You Hit a Home Run With Your Credit" by Jeanne Kelly, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 3, 2013.

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• Don't worry about what the people say; be yourself, say what you want to say WITH respect.

  Mariano Rivera

  Being Yourself, People, Worry

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• I don't have control over everything; God has control over everything and I trust him, so I don't worry.

  Mariano Rivera

  Worry

  Interview With Richard Gere, gotham-magazine.com. May 3, 2012.

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• I get over bad games right away. Sometimes I've let it go even before I've left the mound. That quick. Why? Because it's over. What can you do about it? Nothing. The only thing you can do is fight if you're still in the game. After that you can do nothing.

  Mariano Rivera

  Softball, Sports, Motivation

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• I think the good Lord is a Yankee.

  Mariano Rivera

  Thinking, Yankees, Lord

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• I know who I am, I know what I am capable of, I know who I trust.

  Mariano Rivera

  Who I Am, Knows, Capable

  Source: gotham-magazine.com

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• I don't wait for people to give me respect. I always give them respect.

  Mariano Rivera

  People, Giving, Waiting

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• I have nothing to ask for, thanks to God. Everything I have, God has given me.

  Mariano Rivera

  Thanks, Given, Asks

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• That's the game of baseball - amazing things happen.

  Mariano Rivera

  Baseball, Games, Happens

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• I think God gave talent to different people in different areas.

  Mariano Rivera

  Thinking, People, Different

  Source: gotham-magazine.com

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• I see the hitter when he's moved in the box, like when he's moved closer to the plate or changed his stance. I see when the batter has moved his feet, and then I make my own adjustment.

  Mariano Rivera

  Feet, Boxes, Plates

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• I always take time for somebody who wants to talk to me.

  Mariano Rivera

  Want, Talk To Me, Take Time

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• Every time before I throw my first pitch, I am praying. And not only that, in the bullpen I am praying.

  Mariano Rivera

  Firsts, Praying

  Source: gotham-magazine.com

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• Baseball was just the avenue that the Lord used so I can provide for my family.

  Mariano Rivera

  Baseball, My Family, Lord

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• I know, it's amazing, but I never feel like I have done anything. When people say that, it makes me uncomfortable because I'm not that kind of person. I just go out there and try to do my job.

  Mariano Rivera

  Jobs, People, Trying

  Interview With Richard Gere, gotham-magazine.com. May 3, 2012.

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• Ever since I was a little kid, I was competitive.

  Mariano Rivera

  Kids, Littles, Three Stooges

  Interview with George A. King III, nypost.com. September 21, 2011.

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• I'm a simple guy, you know? If I do something, it's not going to be, 'Look at this, look at that.' It just happens.

  Mariano Rivera

  Simple, Guy, Looks

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• I don't feel invincible because I'm human.

  Mariano Rivera

  Invincible, Feels, Humans

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• Because I have a little bit more, that means I'm better than you? No. Unacceptable.

  Mariano Rivera

  Mean, Littles, Better Than You

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• I don't think any professional accepts defeat.

  Mariano Rivera

  Thinking, Defeat, Accepting

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• God is good for everybody. The sun shines on good people and bad people, and it rains on both, too. God doesn't choose rain only for bad people.

  Mariano Rivera

  Rain, Shine On, People

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• I know what kind of pitcher Whitey was, and I know what kind of person Whitey is. It makes me feel proud to be a Yankee. We're keeping this in the family.

  Mariano Rivera

  Yankees, Proud, Kind

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