League Quotes - Page 40

• If you write in the paper 'Lee stinks,' that's not going to affect me. I'll just laugh. And if you write 'Derrek Lee is the best player in the league,' that won't affect me either. I'll laugh.

  Derrek Lee

  Writing, Player, Laughing

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• You just get better with age. You learn yourself and the league. I'm starting to understand more about hitting every year.

  Derrek Lee

  Years, Get Better, Age

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• When you're a first-round pick and you get to the big leagues at 22, there's almost a sense that you've got to mature.

  Evan Longoria

  Firsts, Mature, Bigs

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• As a 20th round pick nothing was handed to me in the minor leagues.

  Mike Lowell

  Minors, Rounds, Picks

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• I didn't know if I could make it to the big leagues without going through Triple-A.

  Matt Kemp

  Bigs, Knows, If I Could

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• Excluding nobody, I'm the best player in the National Football League.

  Randy Moss

  Football, Player, Best Players

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• The thing I love about the NBA game is that it's a playmaker's league.

  Lamar Odom

  Nba, Games, Things I Love

  FaceBook post by Lamar Odom from Nov 30, 2011

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• I came into the League at 18-years-old. I didn't have a lot of experience in training the right way. I probably came into the league at 175 pounds; now I'm 190 ... It's all about training the right way and training for my needs.

  Steven Stamkos

  Years, Training, Way

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• MVP is the best player in the league. I think that's too big for me. When people call me the MVP, I'm a little surprised by that.

  Rafael Soriano

  Thinking, Player, Mvp

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• I threw a lot more curveballs in college and the minor leagues. Up here, they're looking for that pitch. A curveball is more recognizable out of the hand than a fastball or changeup. They're taking them or hitting the mistakes I make with them. I don't want it to be so recognizable. I'll have to work with that because that was my pitch.

  Tim Lincecum

  Mistake, College, Hands

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• To be able to play baseball for those nine innings in front of a major league crowd is a special privilege.

  Mark Teixeira

  Baseball, Play, Special

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• I went to college for a reason, and that was to skip the minor leagues. I spent a year in the minors and got my at-bats in, and then I felt like I was ready for the big leagues.

  Mark Teixeira

  College, Years, Bats

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• I expected to be in the big leagues soon. I didn't know exactly how soon, but I wanted to be here soon, and I wanted to make a difference soon.

  Mark Teixeira

  Differences, Making A Difference, Bigs

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• The only dream I've ever had is to become a major league baseball player.

  Mark Teixeira

  Baseball, Dream, Player

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• The NHL is the best league in the world, but it's a grind. You sometimes forget, especially if you are losing, or missing the playoffs ... how fun this game can be.

  Thomas Vanek

  Fun, Nhl, Games

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• Cristiano Ronaldo is the best player in the Premier League and in the whole of Europe.
  The things I have seen him do since I have been in Manchester have been incredible, amazing.
  It is just like a total show in training and even in the matches.
  This kid will one day arrive at the very top in the world of football - if he isn't there already - because he makes the most difficult plays look easy.

  Henrik Larsson

  Football, Kids, Cristiano Ronaldo

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• Yes, Manchester United are the best team in England, but you have to ask how good has the Premier League been since I left? If I was at a top club in England I think the title race might have been a lot closer this year.

  Jose Mourinho

  Team, Thinking, Race

  "2008-09 I could replace Ferguson at Old Trafford, says Mourinho". www.theguardian.com. March 8, 2009.

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• I'm happy with my language progress - the only difficulty when I tour Premier League matches is that different people talk to me in different accents - and sometimes I can hardly understand a word!

  Fabio Capello

  People, Progress, Different

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• My dad played rugby, so I used to watch a lot of rugby union and rugby league.

  Ryan Giggs

  Dad, Rugby League, Watches

  "When Esquire met Ryan Giggs". www.esquire.co.uk. February 15, 2010.

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• I helped develop Disney's) special effects department at that time, which helped very much when we worked on "20000 Leagues under the Sea"

  John Hench

  Sea, Special, Effects

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• The chance to be a general manager in major-league baseball and for a franchise as storied as this one, probably as storied as the Giants, is great.

  Ned Colletti

  Baseball, Giants, Chance

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• Not that managing in the American League is easy, but this is certainly different. I'll have to have somebody poke me in the rear end when I have a pitcher that's going to hit.

  Joe Torre

  Different, Easy, Ends

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• Over the four years we have made massive progress: winning the League Championship (97/98); building the largest club stadium in the UK (60,000 seats); having the largest support (52,000 season book holders) of any club in Britain. This has been achieved by everyone who cares about Celtic working together towards a shared vision of football success and pride in a club which is part of our culture, open to all and a responsible member of the community working to help others where it can.

  Fergus McCann

  Football, Book, Pride

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• If I had a Paul Scholes in my team, everything would be around him. At Manchester United, they saw it like that, but I think Paul Scholes is one of the best I've played against in this league, and seen anywhere.

  Thierry Henry

  Team, Thinking, Saws

  "Thierry Henry names Paul Scholes as the greatest Premier League player of all time" by Aaron Flanagan, www.mirror.co.uk. October 28, 2015.

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• For me, Paul Scholes has been the best midfield player in the Premier League. By a mile. He has the lot. He scores and creates goals, he can pass the ball, he can head it, and rounds all this off with a competitive streak.

  Alan Shearer

  Player, Goal, Balls

  "Paul Scholes – the Greatest Premier League Midfielder of All Time?" by Nirmalya 'Nemo' Dutta, www.india.com. November 17, 2014.

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