League Quotes - Page 25

• Major League Baseball has prostate awareness for two weeks leading up to Father's Day, and I want to get involved in that.

  Steve Garvey

  Baseball, Father, Two

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• American League teams don't bunt very often. National League teams bunt a lot.

  George Brett

  Team

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• Not many people get to the major leagues and succeed right away. There are some struggles. Everyone seems to struggle.

  George Brett

  Struggle, People, Succeed

  Interview with C. Trent Rosecrans, www.cbssports.com. July 8, 2012.

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• Last year I gave seventy-four phone hours to soliciting baked goods for the Bake-A-Rama. I was named Top Call Girl by the League.

  Erma Bombeck

  Girl, Humorous, Phones

  Erma Bombeck (2013). “Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession”, p.64, Open Road Media

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• When I got traded to the California Angels, I really wasn't that excited about going to the Angels because it meant changing leagues and also a whole new set of teammates. But shortly after I got there I realized that it was one of the best things that ever happened to me.

  Nolan Ryan

  Angel, California, Teammate

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• Up until the time I was 14 years old, I was sure that I was going to be a big-league baseball player. But that dream came to a rude awakening when I got cut from my high school baseball team.

  Phil Knight

  Baseball, Dream, Team

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• The contracts are structured different than athletes in America, but for me, it was good to move on and go back to playing in the premiere league, which is the best league. It was disappointing, as far as the team goes, but for me, there wasn't much I could do.

  Claudio Reyna

  Sports, Team, Moving

  Interview with Jon Robinson, www.ign.com. March 27, 2006.

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• I sort of kept my hand in writing and went to work for the Sierra Club in '52, walked the plank there in '69, founded Friends of the Earth and the League of Conservation Voters after that.

  David R. Brower

  Writing, Hands, Clubs

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• I feel so fortunate, so honored, to have played this game that I love for so long, with so many great players, and in front of so many wonderful fans. I fulfilled a childhood dream the first time I stepped on an NFL field, and the league did not let me down one time.

  Drew Bledsoe

  Dream, Player, Games

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• The Madden NFL franchise holds a special place in popular culture and the cover is a coveted position for players all over the league. I'm honored to be the first cover athlete chosen by Madden NFL fans and it's a great way to cap off an amazing year for the Saints and the city of New Orleans.

  Drew Brees

  Athlete, Player, New Orleans

  "Nfl Draft Is Today, Drew Brees Steals Its Thunder With 'madden Nfl 11' Cover" by Brian Warmoth, www.mtv.com. April 22, 2010.

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• I love watching American League games, you know what I mean?

  Dusty Baker

  Mean, Games, Knows

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• My daddy died when I was two years old. My mother raised my two older brothers and me. And we couldn't have had a better situation. I mean, she was the - ran the concession stand at the Little League, and she was the first woman president of The Touchdown Club, the booster club for the high school football team. And so, I had a wonderful childhood.

  Haley Barbour

  Mother, Football, Brother

  "Rep. Paul Ryan on Deficit Reduction; Gov. Haley Barbour on 2012 Presidential Politics". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. February 13, 2011.

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• There is no reason why agreement on particular points should not be both possible and advantageous to the so-called neutrals and to one or more of the blocs, either existing or in the process of formation, within the League of Nations.

  Hjalmar Branting

  Agreement, Reason Why, Process

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• I regard myself as an actress but, obviously, not in the Dame Judi Dench league. That isn't a problem because I don't think we are ever likely to be up for the same part!

  Kelly Brook

  Thinking, Dames, Actresses

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• That's what every young kid thinks about when they first put on a uniform - is to play in the Major League and then, ultimately, play in a World Series. To me, that was the ultimate, winning in '86.

  Gary Carter

  Kids, Winning, Thinking

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• I would love to get back to the big leagues as a coach, possibly a manager. I would love that opportunity.

  Gary Carter

  Opportunity, Bigs, Coaches

  "Carter apologizes for comments saying he wanted Mets' job". Interview on ESPN Radio's "Mike and Mike" in the "Morning Show", www.espn.com. May 27, 2008.

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• My dad is the reason I actually started watching wrestling. My dad was never big into sports; we were all big into sports as kids, and he'd go to our Little League games or whatever and not really know what was going on, because he didn't know about sports, but he knew about wrestling.

  John Cena

  Sports, Dad, Wrestling

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• My motive, and I will make it clear and look you in the eyes, is to attack major league baseball. That's my motive.

  Jose Canseco

  Baseball, Eye, Looks

  "Canseco: 'My Motive Is to Attack Major League Baseball'" by Martin Bashir and Mary Marsh, abcnews.go.com. March 27, 2008.

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• My major league debut came at old Busch Stadium on Grand Avenue in St. Louis against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

  Steve Carlton

  Sports, Pirate, Pittsburgh

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• I've been fortunate and blessed to further my career in the Arena Football League, and I've had a good time doing it.

  Jeff Garcia

  Football, Blessed, Careers

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• The best example of how impossible it will be for Major League Baseball to crack down on steroids is the fact that baseball and the media are still talking about the problem as "steroids.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Baseball, Media, Talking

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• If the Ivy League was the breeding ground for the elites of the American Century, Stanford is the farm system for Silicon Valley.

  Ken Auletta

  Ivy, Valleys, Breeding

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• Hey, I'm just looking for an excuse to retire so I can play summer league baseball, go coach my nephews, play pickup basketball. I've always had that ability to move on to the next thing.

  Doug Flutie

  Basketball, Summer, Baseball

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• Sometimes when I hear commentating, it's sickening. People who never played the game, people who never played in the league have an opinion, and that's all it is. You are here to educate the watcher or the viewer. Sometimes it comes off as personal. I don't ever want to come off like that. My opinion is my opinion about someone.

  Kevin Garnett

  Games, People, Want

  "Kevin Garnett: 'I never cared about the accolades'". Interview with Marc J. Spears, sports.yahoo.com. December 30, 2012.

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• Academia is a rarified culture, especially an Ivy League academic background.

  Paul Giamatti

  Ivy, Academia, Culture

  "Paul Giamatti: My family values". Interview With Elaine Lipworth, www.theguardian.com. May 20, 2011.

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