League Quotes - Page 15

• I had a lot of fun in those days. It was a great experience being in the Eastern Hockey League for the simple reason that you did not have a staff.

  John Muckler

  Fun, Hockey, Simple

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• I cannot consent to be led three or four hundred leagues out of my route, without its being by force of arms.

  Zebulon Pike

  Three, Four, Arms

  Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Thomas Rees (1811). “Exploratory Travels Through the Western Territories of North America: Comprising a Voyage from St. Louis, on the Mississippi, to the Source of that River, and a Journey Through the Interior of Louisiana, and the North-eastern Provinces of New Spain ; Performed in the Years 1805, 1806, 1807, by Order of the Government of the United States”, p.268

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• The novelist now usurps the chair of the educator, the pulpit of the preacher, the columns of the journalist. Yet his original purpose of entertaining may have been his highest purpose. (introduction to Gladiator, Book League Monthly, 1930)

  Philip Wylie

  Book, May, Novelists

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• Not only was I not the best catcher in the Major Leagues, I wasn't even the best catcher on my street!

  Joe Garagiola

  Catchers, Streets, Majors

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• But the last time the Cubs won a National League pennant
  Was the year we dropped the bomb on Japan

  Steve Goodman

  Japan, Years, Bombs

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• I think sports are very beneficial in the fight against obesity. I remember playing little league - I was the best person on the pitch by a long shot. It was only last weekend actually, I think I have some photos of it if you're interested.

  Zach Braff

  Sports, Fighting, Thinking

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• To win this league, the toughest league in the country, and to be outright champs is a tribute to their effort. It's a great lesson in life for our guys. It shows anything is possible.

  Thad Matta

  Country, Life Lesson, Winning

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• You know, I'd actually say Lionel Messi. He's so remarkable, watching him play he's probably still undervalued. When you're scoring five goals in one Champions League match, there's no value that's too high.

  Billy Beane

  Champions League, Play, Goal

  "Billy Beane leaves Moneyball behind to refocus on statistical truths" by Simon Burnton, www.theguardian.com. March 22, 2012.

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• Most of the players in the league use marijuana, and I have and do partake in smoking weed in the offseason sometimes.

  Josh Howard

  Weed, Marijuana, Player

  "Cuban: Mavs will deal with Howard's admission of drug use internally". www.espn.com. April 28, 2008.

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• I have used, you know, marijuana ... since I've been in the league....But as far as abusing it and, you know, letting it take control over me, I don't do that, no....hopefully ... I won't get into any trouble by the NFL by saying that, you know. I have had fun throughout my years and, you know, predominantly in the offseason.

  Randy Moss

  Fun, Marijuana, Years

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• These kids are the future of the National Football League. They're the next generation that will be playing high school football, NCAA football, and some even to the pros.

  Troy Vincent

  Sports, Football, School

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• By climbing a steeper road, the value and appreciation Delaware State students took and continue to take from their education and their experiences is just as great, if not greater, than students attending ivy league schools.

  Michael N. Castle

  Appreciation, School, Climbing

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• In the 21st Century, the anti-traditional marriage community is in league with the anti-life community, and together with the NAACP and other sympathizers, they are seeking a world where homosexual marriage and abortion will supposedly set the captives free.

  Alveda King

  Homosexual Marriage, Abortion, Community

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• What a hell of a league this is. Ah hit .387, .408, and .395 the last three years and Ah ain't won nothin' yet!

  Joe

  Years, Three, Lasts

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• When it came to the 2000 election, 84 percent of Ivy League faculty voted for Al Gore, 6 percent for Ralph Nader and 9 percent for George Bush. In the general electorate, the vote was split at 48 percent for Gore and Bush, and 3 percent for Nader.

  Walter E. Williams

  Ivy, Splits, Als

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• I'm a graduate of Princeton, and I just want to say you don't have to go to an Ivy League school to be on the Supreme Court.

  Richard Land

  School, Ivy, Want

  "Meet the Press" with Tim Russert, www.nbcnews.com. October 9, 2013.

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• I think the Canadian Football League is a great league, but it's not the NFL, and I'm not Jerry Rice.

  Darren Flutie

  Football, Thinking, Nfl

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• There should be a new way to record standings in this league; one column for wins, one for losses and one for gifts.

  Gene Mauch

  Sports, Loss, Winning

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• Letting him manage in the major leagues is like sending Bo Derek through cellblock A without a bodyguard.

  Bill James

  Sports, Psychology, Bodyguard

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• I've been in the league 12 years. To sit on the bench and complain about the way things were, that doesn't get anything done. I don't know. I'm playing for a championship and trying to make the playoffs. My effort has never changed.

  Chris Webber

  Basketball, Years, Effort

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• It will be the proudest moment of my life leading Liverpool out. I've dreamed of this day since I was a kid, kicking a ball against the wall in the street where I lived. What could be better than leading Liverpool out for the Champions League final? Only lifting the trophy. We need everyone, all 11 players who start and the subs, to be ready to give everything. We need that mentality, when everyone has to put everything on the line for Liverpool. That is what it will take to win. We have to make sure we don't have any regrets at the final whistle.

  Steven Gerrard

  Soccer, Wall, Regret

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• Liverpool have won everything but never a World Championship. I am sure in the future they will once again make the effort to win the tournament. They have had good rhythm in the Premier League this season.

  Sepp Blatter

  Winning, Effort, World

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• I was always geared towards either wanting to finish number one or be number one as far as the best player that I could be, or be the best player at my position in the league. I wanted that to be a constant reminder to my teammates that they looked to their leader who is wearing that number, this is what you should strive for as well.

  Warren Moon

  Player, Numbers, Leader

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• Anyone who's seen the Wigan [League] players stripped has been faced with the raw truth of the matter... No time for male modelling, and even Princess Di would think twice about getting too close to that lot.

  Colin Welland

  Princess, Player, Thinking

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• In south west Lancashire, babies don't toddle, they side-step. Queuing women talk of 'nipping round the blindside'. Rugby league provides our cultural adrenalin. It's a physical manifestation of our rules of life, comradeship, honest endeavour, and a staunch, often ponderous allegiance to fair play.

  Colin Welland

  Life, Baby, Rugby League

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