Playing Baseball Quotes - Page 3

• My mum lives in Boston; she's famous for teaching wushu and t'ai chi. So from when I was young, my mum and aunt were like: 'You're training; you're not playing baseball or football.' Training every day was normal. Later, when I was almost a teenager, Bruce Lee became my idol.

  Donnie Yen

  Baseball, Football, Teenager

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• Ah wonder if anybody this side of the Atlantic has ever bought a baseball bat with playing baseball in mind.

  Irvine Welsh

  Baseball, Mind, Bats

  Irvine Welsh (2008). “Trainspotting”, p.227, Random House

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• There's nothing like Opening Day. There's nothing like the start of a new season. I started playing baseball when I was seven years old and quit playing when I was 40, so it's kind of in my blood.

  George Brett

  Baseball, Blood, Years

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• Back in East St. Louis, tennis wasn't the real thing. If you weren't playing baseball, basketball, football, you were kind of on the outside.

  Jimmy Connors

  Basketball, Baseball, Football

  "Tennis champion Jimmy Connors". "Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. July 9, 2013.

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• The greatest challenge I think is adjusting to not playing baseball. The reason for that is I had to come out of baseball and come into the business world, not being a college graduate, not being educated to come into the business world the way I should have.

  Willie Mays

  Baseball, College, Thinking

  "What It Takes" with Alice Winkler., learningenglish.voanews.com. August 25, 2017.

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• I still dream about everything I achieved. I dream about my career, dream about playing baseball, meeting so many people, traveling so much.

  Tony Oliva

  Baseball, Dream, Careers

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• Playing baseball was my dream, and no amount of money could sway my opinion.

  Willie Stargell

  Sports, Baseball, Dream

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• There are no war stories. I ended up a bombardier, but I never got overseas. And it wasn't because I was playing baseball either. It was just a series of things that went on.

  Bobby Thomson

  Baseball, War, Stories

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• I'm playing baseball because I love it, not because I need the money or attention. That is why I've been so dedicated. I've accomplished a lot of things no one ever thought I could, and I've done it from hard work.

  Mike Piazza

  Success, Sports, Baseball

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• I was a very good baseball and football player, but my father always told me I was much more interested in how I looked playing baseball or football than in actually playing. There's great truth in that.

  John Malkovich

  Baseball, Football, Father

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• If you're playing baseball and thinking about managing, you're crazy. You'd be better off thinking about being an owner.

  Casey Stengel

  Sports, Baseball, Crazy

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• The first thing to know about playing baseball in Michigan is, Michigan's really cold.

  Derek Jeter

  Baseball, Michigan, Firsts

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• I knew at a young age, whether I was playing baseball or hockey or lacrosse, that my teammates were counting on me, whether it be to strike the last batter out in a baseball game or score a big goal in a hockey game.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Baseball, Hockey, Games

  Interview With James Bassil, www.askmen.com.

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• Defense to me is the key to playing baseball.

  Willie Mays

  Motivational, Sports, Baseball

  "Greatest All-Around Player in the History of Baseball". The Academy of Achievement interview, www.achievement.org. February 19, 1996.

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• I've always been like that. I was a tomboy when I was a kid, so I was always playing baseball and basketball and football and stuff as a kid with the boys.

  Catherine Bell

  Basketball, Baseball, Football

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I was acting when I was playing baseball.

  Bob Uecker

  Baseball, Acting

  "Answer Man: Bob Uecker talks Mr. Belvedere, Miller Lite ads". Interview with David Brown, sports.yahoo.com. May 15, 2008.

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• Any teammate of mine that had a kid and a boy that was capable of playing baseball, I think I set a terrific example of 'Don't do this' and 'Don't do that.' And that's one of the things that I'm most proud of.

  Bob Uecker

  Baseball, Kids, Thinking

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• I've been able to do what I love and what I'm passionate about my entire life. I made, you know, an insane amount of money playing baseball.

  Curt Schilling

  Baseball, Insane, Passionate

  "Curt Schilling Says He Lost $50 Million on Video Game Company" by Ben Forer, abcnews.go.com. June 22, 2012.

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• I wonder why there is a designated hitter in baseball after all these years? As an experiment, it seemed like a swell enough idea, but you would think the novelty would have worn off by now and everyone would get back to playing baseball.

  Jay Mohr

  Baseball, Thinking, Years

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• I started playing baseball and soccer. Those were my sports on the streets and in school when I was growing up. I didn't even start playing basketball until I was 14.

  Earl Monroe

  Basketball, Soccer, Sports

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• A brilliant idea without action is like Mark McGwire playing baseball without a bat.

  Jack Canfield

  Baseball, Ideas, Bats

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• I think it's really important for this great state of baseball to reach out to people of all walks of life to make sure that the sport is inclusive. The best way to do it is to convince little kids how to - the beauty of playing baseball.

  George W. Bush

  Sports, Baseball, Kids

  George W. Bush's remarks in Washington, D.C., February 13, 2006.

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• I once tried playing baseball but I started crying.

  Thom Yorke

  Baseball, Cry

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• While I'm playing baseball, I'm still writing songs and having tapes sent to me. I'm sure I'll spend a lot of time in the whirlpool resting these tired bones, so I'll be thinking of music then.

  Garth Brooks

  Baseball, Song, Writing

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