Nomar Garciaparra Quotes

• Back then, my idol was Bugs Bunny, because I saw a cartoon of him playing ball - you know, the one where he plays every position himself with nobody else on the field but him? Now that I think of it, Bugs is still my idol. You have to love a ballplayer like that.

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  Baseball, Thinking, Idols

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• When I go home my mother still makes me take out the garbage.

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  Mother, Home, Garbage

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• You can't hit without your hands.

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  Hands

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• You know it as soon as you walk in Yankee Stadium. The electricity is there every time, every day.

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  Sports, Yankees, Yankee Stadium

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• That's basically what I'm doing when I'm tapping them - getting my toes to the end of my shoes.

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  Sports, Shoes, Toes

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• Get an education because no one can take that away from you.

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  Away From You

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• People expect you to play your best, so I go through a routine to prepare myself so that I know I'm physically and mentally ready - prepared for the game.

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  Games, Play, People

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• I feel good, and the way I determine it is through my workout. I work so hard in the offseason that if I'm able to do everything I have to, I figure I must be healthy.

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  Workout, Feel Good, Healthy

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• One of my superstitions is I'm not allowed to talk about them.

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  Superstitions

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• I love the game of baseball.

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  Sports, Baseball, Games

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• All players are their own worst critics. We are harder on ourselves than anyone else is.

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  Player, Worst, Critics

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• My inspiration was the game itself, not any individual player in it.

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  Sports, Inspiration, Player

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• If it was in my control, Id still be wearing a Red Sox uniform, because its the place I know, I love. All of those fans, Ill always remember. But Im also going to another great place. Im going to a phenomenal city with great tradition as well, phenomenal fans, great organization.

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  Cities, Organization, Fans

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• You'll have games where you're out there a long time. Being able to go through that and not get stiff was a good thing for me, ... As I went along, it felt better, and on that last play [a nifty move to his right and a throw across his body for the final out in the seventh] had a lot of body torque to it, and no problems.

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  Moving, Games, Play

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• People ask me if my shoes were too small when I was a kid and I say it wouldnt matter how fight my shoes were, I just liked that feeling of them being in there. Thats how I started tapping my toes.

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  Kids, Fighting, Shoes

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• It's great that fans have people they can enjoy and watch play.

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  Play, People, Fans

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• People are going to make comparisons and they can do that but I'm definitely not going to compare myself to Derek Jeter.

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  People, Jeter, Compare

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