Rookies Quotes

• A lot of rookies hit the wall after 50 or 60 games.

  Andrew Bogut

  Sports, Wall, Games

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

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• Rookies are also coming in from college programs as big stars, whereas when we came in, we were just happy to be there. We were happy to be playing in a big gym, to be on television, to be playing in America.

  Sue Wicks

  Stars, College, America

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• I did some good things as a rookie.

  Earl Campbell

  Good Things

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• My rookie year, I was very immature.

  Dennis Rodman

  Basketball, Years, Immature

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• Some of the money going to the rookies can now be spent on people who have proved their worth. After all, the average playing life of a pro football player is about eight years and it is only fitting that the veterans get something for their efforts.

  Bob Lilly

  Football, Player, Years

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• And my rookie contract, my first rookie contract was for $5,000.

  Don Shula

  Firsts, Contracts

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• He settled his hat back into position. She was a rookie in her first big game, and he’d never let her see how close she’d come to unseating a champion

  Susan Elizabeth Phillips

  Games, Champion, Firsts

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• Veterans get priority in the training room and better parking, but there is not a whole lot of difference in terms of how they're treated in the competition for playing time. To me it doesn't matter if a guy is a 10-year veteran or a rookie. If the rookie is better, he finds his way onto the field.

  Brendan Daly

  Years, Differences, Guy

  Source: content.time.com

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• I've always felt like the most improvement you can make is from year 1 to year 2, much like a college freshman who the most improvement he can make in an entire one year of college football is going from year 1 freshman year to his sophomore year. Like a pro football player going from his rookie season to his second season. There's a window there that will never come again that you have a chance to making your biggest strides.

  Jim Harbaugh

  Football, Player, College

  Source: blog.sfgate.com

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• The start of my rookie season when there was so much pressure, so many expectations, and so much excitement surrounding the return of the No. 3 to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and then we went out and won the pole for the Daytona 500. That was a very special moment.

  Austin Dillon

  Expectations, Special, Pressure

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• So many of my rookie mistakes could have been avoided by first-hand exposure to other, more experienced technology entrepreneurs.

  Kathryn Minshew

  Mistake, Technology, Hands

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• I'm not a rookie anymore-no more excuses about being young.

  Adrian Beltre

  Excuse, Young

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• Chris Pittaro is the best rookie I've had in 15 years.

  Sparky Anderson

  Years

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• My attitude going into training camp as a rookie was to impress. I wanted to impress my teammates, my coaches, the owners, everybody. I wanted them to say, ?This kid is special. This kid has the right mind, the right skills, the right motivation?.

  Michael Jordan

  Motivation, Attitude, Kids

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• It's kind of a tradition that you get a rookie, put him in the middle, wrap your arms and legs around him, then douse him with everything you can get a hold of - shaving cream, ketchup, mustard, everything. It's kind of like a pie in the face after a guy is successful.

  Gary Carter

  Successful, Pie, Shaving Cream

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• New sales managers are the forgotten rookie - they were pros at selling, but all of a sudden they're a rookie at management.

  Chris Lytle

  Management, Forgotten, Selling

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• Being picked for the Pro Bowl is a feeling I can't describe. I never thought I'd be out here as a rookie, so it's great.

  Eddie Lacy

  Feelings, Bowls, I Can

  "Talking to Our NFL Rookie of the Year Pick Eddie Lacy About Twitter and Getting Hit Very Hard". Interview with Esquire, www.esquire.com. January 27, 2014.

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• I didn't always know, but I always wanted to. I always wanted to be the very best receiver the Cowboys ever had. That was my goal coming in as a rookie and my goal throughout my career: being the best they ever had, going up in the Ring of Honor.

  Michael Irvin

  Sports, Cowboy, Careers

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• I got the nickname in the preseason of my rookie season. I was playing for the Suns at the (Great Western) Forum. I got a block or a steal or a dunk and (TNT broadcaster) Kenny Smith went crazy. He called me 'The Matrix.' Who wouldn't like it? Players go through their whole career without having a nickname.

  Shawn Marion

  Block, Crazy, Player

  Source: www.nba.com

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• I was the greenest rookie that ever was. One evening I was standing out on the sidewalk when a stranger approached and said, 'You're famous already kid. See, they've named a hotel for you.' I looked across the street and sure enough, there was a big illuminated sign that read 'Johnson Hotel.' Well, do you know that I was so green that I actually believed the man!

  Walter Johnson

  Kids, Men, Green

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• I was invited to play with the New York Knicks. I was never drafted, but I was invited to the rookie camp.

  Louis Gossett, Jr.

  New York, Play, Camps

  "Being Black and "Difficult" in Hollywood". Interview with Ishmael Reed, www.counterpunch.org. September 24, 2010.

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• There were a couple of times, leading up to shooting [Ordinary World], where I was like, "Oh, my god, what did I get myself into? Hopefully, I don't ruin this guy's precious script." And then, after a couple of days of shooting, I started getting in the groove of it and it was really fun. I love being a rookie at stuff. It makes it feel vital. I love doing things I've never done before, and I love making stuff.

  Billie Joe Armstrong

  Couple, Fun, Love Is

  Source: collider.com

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• Baseball is a rookie, his experience no bigger than the lump in his throat as he begins fulfillment of his dream.

  Ernie Harwell

  Baseball, Dream, Bigger

  Ernie Harwell (1986). “Tuned to Baseball”, Taylor Trade Publishing

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• Case (Keenum) is going to be the quarterback. We’re going to give him a chance to see how he can perform. I think the jury is still out. He’s got a lot of ability. He’s shown some flashes of brilliance and then he’s shown some rookie mistakes. We’ve got to see if we can improve, eliminate those mistakes, minimize those mistakes and continue some of the outstanding play that (we’ve) seen and see whether we think that he can be a starting quarterback in the NFL. At this point, we really don’t know.

  Bob McNair

  Mistake, Thinking, Play

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• I remember my rookie hazing. It wasnt fun.

  Gio Gonzalez

  Fun, Remember, Hazing

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