Rookies Quotes - Page 3

• I know how difficult my rookie year in the NFL was and I know how competitive this sport is.

  Troy Aikman

  Sports, Years, Nfl

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• I remember I was a scared rookie, hitting .220 after the first three months of my baseball season, and doubting my ability.

  Carl Yastrzemski

  Baseball, Doubt, Three

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• I turned pro and won Rookie of the Year on the South African Tour and then it took me two tries at the qualifying school on the European Tour and to get my card and the rest is history.

  Retief Goosen

  School, Years, Two

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• Tried on daddy's 1979 rookie firesuit a while back. Smelled every bit of 36 years old.

  Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

  Years, Daddy, Bits

  Twitter post from Mar 1, 2015

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• When I first signed with the Yankees, the regulars wouldn't talk to you until you were with the team three or four years. Nowadays the rookies get $100,000 to sign and they don't talk to the regulars.

  Lefty Gomez

  Baseball, Team, Yankees

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• All these guys are just like me. They were a rookie at one time in their life. They treat me like I'm one of the guys. I look at Greg Maddux and saw him sitting over there and said, 'Man, that's Greg Maddux. That guy is going to be in the Hall of Fame.' Now I sit there and talk to him like a teammate. It's a reality check, and it's a great feeling at the same time.

  Brian Dopirak

  Reality, Men, Guy

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• I actually became a Christian in my rookie year on tour when I was 16 years old.

  Michael Chang

  Christian, Years

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• Some people learn from mistakes and don't repeat them,
  Others try to block the memories and just delete them.
  But I keep 'em as a reminder they're not killing me,
  And I thank God for teaching me humility.
  Son, remember when you fight to be free
  To see things how they are and not how you like em to be.
  Cause even when the world is falling on top of me,
  Pessimism is an emotion, not a philosophy.
  Knowing what's wrong doesn't imply that you right,
  And it's another when you suffer to apply it in life.
  But I'm no rookie...
  And I'm never gonna make the same mistake twice, pussy.

  Immortal Technique

  Memories, Block, Philosophy

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• I don't think you could teach someone to be a genius, but you can certainly teach them to not make rookie mistakes and to look at writing the way a writer looks at writing, and not just the way a reader looks at writing. There are a lot of techniques and skills that can be taught that will be helpful to anybody, no matter how gifted they are, and I think writing programs can be very good for people.

  Michael Chabon

  Mistake, Writing, Thinking

  Interview with Scott Tobias, www.avclub.com. November 22, 2000.

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• I was struggling at Rookie Camp to be quite honest with you. Basically, it was a week of being locked down like in jail for me. I would say about 50 percent of it was useful. The most challenging part of it was off the court. I mean, man we were just sitting there at times. We had meetings from about 10 a.m. in the morning to about 10 at night and you can't get a workout in at all.

  Andrew Bogut

  Sports, Workout, Morning

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• I was fresh out of drama school and had no idea what I was doing. They hustled me along and Bill Cosby tolerated my rookie behavior. It was great. Once you have 'The Cosby Show' on your resume, you can keep going.

  Michael Weatherly

  Drama, School, Ideas

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• I started rockin' the BowTie when I was a rookie with the New York Giants.

  Dhani Jones

  New York, Giants

  "Creating a Culture of Conversation" by Dhani Jones, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 11, 2011.

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• A lot of pitchers today are afraid of the ball. Warren Spahn pinch-hit for me when I was a rookie. He hit a sacrifice fly. I couldn't argue. I was 20 years old and just happy to be in the big leagues. And Spahnnie was a good hitter.

  Joe Torre

  Sacrifice, Yankees, Years

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• A player cannot be part of the training camp experience as a rookie unless he is signed to a contract.

  Leigh Steinberg

  Player, Training, Contracts

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• My rookie is manly, so manly, oh so manly his name is Derrick Bateman.

  Daniel Bryan

  Wwe, Names, Manly

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

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• Winning the Rookie of the Year would be nice but making the playoffs would be even nicer for me.

  Andrew Bogut

  Nice, Winning, Years

  Interview with Victor Kelly, www.ign.com. February 8, 2006.

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• As a young rookie NFL player, you go to the rookie symposium and the one thing they tell you is, "You guys know what the NFL stands for?" Everybody looks around like, "National Football League...?" The guy's like, "Nope - Not For Long." They tell you right there to get prepared for your second life. You take that in, and I've always been one to prepare early, to see ahead and anticipate and believe in great things happening, and they do. I'd already known that concept and appreciated that concept, but for me, I was always going to be here for a while. I just believed in that.

  Russell Wilson

  Football, Believe, Player

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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