League Quotes - Page 8

• Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. But to be able to trick people year in and year out the way I did, I think that was a much greater feat.

  Bob Uecker

  Sports, Thinking, Years

  Bill Schroeder, Drew Olson, Craig Counsell, Bob Uecker (2016). “If These Walls Could Talk: Milwaukee Brewers: Stories from the Milwaukee Brewers Dugout, Locker Room, and Press Box”, p.46, Triumph Books

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• Before broadcasting for 50-some years, I did TV, played 10 years in the big leagues, won a world championship - and played a big part in that, too, letting the Cardinals inject me with hepatitis. Takes a big man to do that.

  Bob Uecker

  Sports, Men, Years

  Interview with David Brown, sports.yahoo.com. May 15, 2008.

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• The interesting thing is that it seems like George W. Bush would have been happy being the president of anything. He could have been president of Major League Baseball.

  Eddie Vedder

  Baseball, Interesting, President

  Interview with Josh Brolin, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 25, 2008.

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• When I first got into the league, I tried to fit in. Now I don't care.

  Dwyane Wade

  Care, Firsts, Fit

  "Dwyane Wade's Off-Court Highlight Reel" by Will Welch, www.gq.com. October 27, 2011.

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• Affirmative action is a little like the professional football draft. The NFL awards its No. 1 draft choices to the lowest-ranked team in the league. It doesn't do this out of compassion or guilt. It's done for mutual survival. They understand that a league can only be as strong as its weakest team.

  J. C. Watts

  Football, Strong, Team

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• I think the National League has better biorhythms in July.

  Earl Weaver

  Thinking, July

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• Playing in the National Football League, you're told, you know, where to be, when to be there, what to wear, how to be there. Being able to step away from that, I have an opportunity to look deeper into myself and look for what's real.

  Ricky Williams

  Football, Real, Opportunity

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• You have to hit the fastball to play in the big leagues.

  Ted Williams

  Play, Bigs, Baseball Hitting

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• We used to play a lot outdoors, not in leagues, but just in our spare time.

  Steve Yzerman

  Sports, Time, Play

  The IGN Interview, ca.ign.com. December 1, 2003.

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• The work that launched Snohetta into the architectural big leagues was their Oslo Opera House, which will certainly rank among the firm's highlights whatever else they may do. Although this is by any measure a triumph of city planning, the building itself is not quite a masterpiece, though very fine indeed.

  Martin Filler

  Cities, House, Triumph

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• Okay. I wish for world peace,” Weetzie said. “I am sorry,” the genie said. “I cant grant that wish. Its out of my league.” “Then I wish for an infinite number of wishes!” Those people on fairy tales never thought of that. “People in fairy tales wish for that all the time,” the genie said. “They arent stupid. It just isnt in the records because I cant grant that type of wish.

  Francesca Lia Block

  Sorry, Stupid, Numbers

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• Ms. Wormwood: Calvin, can you tell us what Lewis and Clark did? Calvin: No, but I can recite the secret superhero origin of each member of Captain Napalm's Thermonuclear League of Liberty. Ms. Wormwood: See me after class, Calvin. Calvin: [retrospectively] I'm not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.

  Bill Watterson

  Class, Superhero, Dumb

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• In the land of Ingary where such things as seven-league boots and cloaks of invisibility really exist, it is quite a misfortune to be born the eldest of the three. Everyone knows you are the one who will fail first, and worst, if the three of you set out to seek your fortunes.

  Diana Wynne Jones

  Land, Three, Boots

  Diana Wynne Jones (2012). “Howl's Moving Castle”, p.1, Harper Collins

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• Exultation is the going Of an inland soul to sea Past the houses, past the headlands Into deep eternity! Bred as we, among the mountains Can the sailor understand The divine intoxication Of the first league out from land?

  Emily Dickinson

  Life, Past, Sea

  Emily Dickinson, Ralph William Franklin (1999). “The Poems of Emily Dickinson”, p.72, Harvard University Press

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• Orcs, and talking trees, and leagues of grass, and galloping riders, and glittering caves, and white towers and golden halls, and battles, and tall ships sailing, all these passed before Sam's mind.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Talking, White, Tree

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings”, p.934, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• After returning from his stint in the minors made reference to the movie Slapshot with: I'm happy to be back. It was never my aspiration as a kid to play in the Federal league.

  Glenn Healy

  Kids, Hockey, Play

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• After referees negated a line change that led to Tampa Bay"s winning goal in the Stanley Cup Playoffs: After all these years in the league, am I that stupid that I would put four forwards and one defenseman in a 3-3 tie, in the third period? I think everybody that knows me here knows I"m not that stupid. I might be halfway stupid, but not that stupid.

  Pat Burns

  Stupid, Hockey, Winning

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• When Bobby came into the league he was a rushing defenseman, a goal scorer and a point getter. He just opened the game up to more offence and that's the way the game is played now.

  Johnny Bucyk

  Hockey, Games, Rushing

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• Trevino is in a league by himself. We don't even count him. We figure when you come in second, you're a winner.

  Chi Chi Rodriguez

  Golf, Winner, Figures

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• A major league pitching coach is a really difficult job. It takes a big commitment in terms of time, travel and workload.

  David Cone

  Travel, Jobs, Commitment

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• In this league, experience means a lot.

  Kevin Durant

  Basketball, Mean

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• All this stuff is kind of surreal to me - Ididn't think I'd be in the league or none of that. It was making it to college. That's about it.

  Kevin Durant

  Basketball, College, Thinking

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• The NBA is the strongest professional sports league in the world. The league and the game is bigger than any one person, Michael Jordan included, and they always will be. I hope that today players, especially our young players, continue to recognize that simple fact. Nothing is more important than the game itself and the fans who support it.

  Michael Jordan

  Basketball, Sports, Simple

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• I thought it was pathetic: The league just decided that Grant Hill would go right to the top.

  Dennis Rodman

  Basketball, Hills, Grants

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• I would love to see Flip get back into the league. I think he can definitely still coach in this league. I think he will be in this league quicker than sooner.

  Kevin Garnett

  Basketball, Thinking, Flip

  Group interview, www.insidehoops.com. March 30, 2005.

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