League Quotes - Page 32

• I'd like to think that on a lot of teams, I'd be a No.1. The thing I do know is that every time I take the mound, in my mind I'm the best pitcher in the league.

  Adam Wainwright

  Team, Thinking, Mind

  "Wainwright Wins 14th Cardinals 9, Padres 2 • Pitcher Also Hits His Second Home Run of the Season to Get Scoring Going in Rout Against San Diego". www.stltoday.com. August 15, 2009.

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• My dream was to become a rec league coach. I love basketball so much, I love playing it, I just never thought I'd make it to college, NBA, or be standing up here today. It is a surreal feeling. So many people doubted me and motivated me. I failed so many times and got back up. I got through the toughest times with my family, but I'm still standing.

  Kevin Durant

  Inspirational, Basketball, Dream

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• There's Adam Clymer, major league asshole from The New York Times.

  George W. Bush

  New York, Humor, Political

  "Gore, Bush Kickoff Labor Day Tours". abcnews.go.com. September 4, 2000.

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• Everyone in the world disagrees with me, including some managers, but I think managing in the American League is much more difficult for that very reason (having the designated hitter). In the National League, my situation is dictated for me. If I'm behind in the game, I've got to pinch hit. I've got to take my pitcher out. In the American League, you have to zero in. You have to know exactly when to take them out of there. In the National League, that's done for you.

  Jim Leyland

  Zero, Thinking, Games

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• I wanted to be a part of something special and contributing to the launch of a new league was very exciting to me.

  Rickey Henderson

  Special, Exciting, Wanted

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• When you play in the Premier League, say you're playing against a lower-end team, they set up to defend all the time, they set up to block you off. But when you play in the Champions League, all the other teams are used to winning every week, so it's more of an open game, it's more attacking, end-to-end.

  Gareth Bale

  Block, Team, Winning

  "Real Madrid target Gareth Bale insists Spanish football is tops - and admits he'd like to play in La Liga" by Ben Curtis, www.mirror.co.uk. July 2, 2013.

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• I think La Liga is the best league in the world.

  Gareth Bale

  Thinking, World

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• I'm ambitious, I want to play in the Champions League, and that's the aim with Tottenham - to start qualifying for the Champions League on a consistent basis.

  Gareth Bale

  Champions League, Play, Ambitious

  "Tottenham's future looks bright ... just give us time, says Gareth Bale" by Daniel Taylor, www.theguardian.com. September 28, 2012.

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• I don't expect any red carpet to the big leagues. If the opportunity comes, then it comes. But I don't think I'm owed anything.

  Ryne Sandberg

  Opportunity, Thinking, Red

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• If you're in the minor leagues, you want to get to the majors.

  Ryne Sandberg

  Want, Minors, Majors

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• I learned a lot in the Minor Leagues, spending six years there. I honed my skills, as far as coaching goes. I was able to work with the players in a lot of facets of the game.

  Ryne Sandberg

  Player, Years, Games

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• I enjoyed hitting in the Major Leagues more than in the Minor Leagues. I didn't want to tell anybody it was easier, because I didn't want to sound cocky. But Major League pitchers had better control, and most of them were around the plate.

  Willie McCovey

  Cocky, Sound, Hitting

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• You have different levels of players. There's are Premier League, international and world-class levels. The world-class level is players at the peak of their career and there's only maybe 50 maximum in the whole world. Stevie moved from a Premier League player to an international player and then world class.

  Gerard Houllier

  Player, Class, Careers

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• I just hope Sammy (Sosa) gets the attention he deserves. Not only has he hit sixty-two homers, but he has carried us. He is without doubt the MVP of the National League.

  Mark Grace

  Mvp, Two, Doubt

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• I have no problem dressing up . . . because I know I'm a nice-looking guy. But as far as chains, I definitely feel that's a racial statement. Almost 100% of the guys in the league who are young and black wear big chains. So I definitely don't agree with that at all.

  Stephen Jackson

  Nice, Dressing Up, Guy

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• Honestly, being a 5'11 quarterback, not too many people think that you can play in the National Football League. And so for me, you know, I knew that my height doesn't define my skill set, you know? I believed in my talent. I believed in what God gave me. I believed in the knowledge that I have of the game.

  Russell Wilson

  Football, Thinking, Play

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• I took a huge risk leaving baseball, because I was predicted to play in the big leagues. I'm kind of a prototypical second baseman.

  Russell Wilson

  Baseball, Play, Leaving

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• You know, I want to be the uncommon one. I think it's pretty cool that I'm only 5'11, you know, and playing in the National Football League.

  Russell Wilson

  Football, Thinking, Want

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• It was in 1942 and I flew from St. Louis to Mexico City. I had just gotten married and we were on our honeymoon. I hit .397 and led the Mexican League with 20 home runs and was named the MVP of the league. It's when I realized I could compete with anyone at any level.

  Monte Irvin

  Running, Home, Mvp

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• If they are the league ain't doing a good job of it.

  LeBron James

  Basketball, Jobs, Nba

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• I remember being a teenager and having a boyfriend - this guy I thought I was way better than, and completely out of his league. He was a year younger than me. And he broke up with me. It was so shocking, and I couldn't believe it.

  Jessica Chastain

  Teenager, Believe, Years

  "Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy on 'Eleanor Rigby,' First Heartbreak, and Robin Williams". Interview with Marlow Stern, www.thedailybeast.com. September 2, 2014.

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• My mother was a great advocate of womens rights, a member of the League of Womens Voters and lifelong member of Planned Parenthood and an advocate of a womans rights in terms of reproductive issues. She was also a founding member of Common Cause in the state of Indiana.

  Kathryn Lasky

  Mother, Rights, Issues

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• My first year in the big leagues, I made $17,000. It was easy to go out and get another $17,000 relief pitcher. I never worried about innings or pitches. I just pitched.

  Bruce Sutter

  Years, Relief, Firsts

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• I masterbate in the shower. My action figures judge me. Especially the Justice League.

  Tucker Max

  Justice, Judging, Action

  Tucker Max (2011). “Assholes Finish First”, p.65, Simon and Schuster

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• To win the Champions League with Porto, you have to be tactically acute

  Paul Merson

  Winning, Champions League, Porto

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