World Series Quotes - Page 4

• I practised as an architect for 10 years. I qualified in 1973 with a fellowship diploma of architecture. World Series Cricket gave me the freedom to go out and pursue architecture.

  Max Walker

  Years, World, Fellowship

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

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• This is what you work for, putting all the other crap that you hear aside. Just being able to participate in a World Series is pretty much everything. But you do want to win!

  Bobby Bonilla

  Sports, Winning, World

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• I don't like to be compared to Joe Jackson. because Joe Jackson, I think, took money to throw World Series games. Well, I know I bet on my own team to win. There's pretty much a big difference there, but both of us were wrong.

  Pete Rose

  Team, Winning, Thinking

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• But if you cover the World Series on the news or do a feature on an Ali boxing match then all of a sudden ears go up all over the place and people say what the hell are you doing. The reason for that is that we're doing something that people are really interested in.

  Roone Arledge

  People, Boxing, News

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• I would want to go to the future, 25 years in the future, and see if the Cubs ever win a World Series.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Winning, Years, World

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• You could have a season where you hit .330 and did all these great things, but nothing ever materialized from it and you went home October One. Or you could hit .260 and have key hits and key plays on defense that help your team get to the playoffs and win the World Series.

  Andre Ethier

  Team, Home, Winning

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• If you had to point to one thing that made it less likely that the Red Sox would win the World Series, I would say it was those people that go to Fenway Park to watch the games. And then the media around it.

  Michael Lewis

  Winning, Media, Games

  "Michael Lewis on Moneyball". Interview with Robert Birnbaum, www.identitytheory.com. June 16, 2003.

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• That's what every young kid thinks about when they first put on a uniform - is to play in the Major League and then, ultimately, play in a World Series. To me, that was the ultimate, winning in '86.

  Gary Carter

  Kids, Winning, Thinking

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• I'm an escaped car thief. I broke out of prison to see the Cubs in the World Series.

  James Belushi

  Car, Thieves, World

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• Before seeing 'The Pride of the Yankees,' you may or may not know that the Yankees referred to are the ones who win the World Series each year. After seeing it you will find that the reference is indirect.

  Manny Farber

  Pride, Winning, Yankees

  Manny Farber (2016). “Farber on Film: The Complete Film Writings of Manny Faber: A Special Publication of The Library of America”, p.88, Library of America

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• The truth is that for those 86 long years when the Red Sox went without a World Series win, fans were not only in a recession, but trapped in a longstanding, deeply entrenched sports depression.

  Julianna Baggott

  Sports, Winning, Years

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• The only thing on my mind now is getting that World Series ring.

  Gary Carter

  Mind, World, Rings

  "This date in '86: Gary Carter's big day" by Mark Simon, www.espn.com. October 22, 2011.

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• If the World Series was on the line and I could pick one pitcher to pitch the game, I'd choose Whitey Ford every time.

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, Games, World

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• In 1960 when Pittsburgh beat us in the World Series, we outscored them 55-27. It was the only time I think the better team lost. I was so disappointed I cried on the plane ride home.

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, Team, Home

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• In Massachusetts, scientists have created the first human clone. The bad thing is that in thirty years, the clone will still be depressed because the Boston Red Sox will still have not won a World Series.

  Craig Kilborn

  Boston, Years, Massachusetts

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• That was my heart and that was my passion. All I ever wanted to do is wrestle. I never wanted to pitch in Game Seven of the World Series, I never wanted to throw the touchdown in the Superbowl, I wanted to wrestle...Be a professional wrestler.

  Tommy Dreamer

  Passion, Heart, Wrestling

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• We don't have a World Series or a Super Bowl, so to be able to come home with a gold medal is amazing. I want to do it again in four more years.

  Kerri Walsh

  Volleyball, Home, Years

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• World series attitude, champagne bottle life, nothing ever changes so tonight is like tomorrow night.

  Drake

  Life, Change, Attitude

  Song: Miss Me, Album: Thank Me Later

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• I believe that a writer learns from every story he writes, and when you try different things, you learn different lessons. Working with other writers, as in Hollywood or in a shared world series, will also strengthen your skills, by exposing you to new ways of seeing the work, and different approaches to certain creative challenges.

  George R. R. Martin

  Believe, Writing, Skills

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

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• You can keep going on and on about the interactions of people, which makes it a great drama and great event ,and you'll always hold that special, but if you're looking at a baseball moment, the feeling you get when you win the World Series by far exceeds anything else in the game that you're able to do.

  Cal Ripken, Jr.

  Baseball, Drama, Winning

  Interview with Peter Schmuck, www.baltimoresun.com. August 23, 2010.

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• By far, the best moment of my big league career was when I caught the last out at the World Series.

  Cal Ripken, Jr.

  Careers, League, World

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• They say the first World Series is the one you remember most. No, no no. I guarantee you don't remember that one because the fantasy world you always dreamed about is suddenly real.

  Sparky Anderson

  Sports, Real, Guarantees

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• After watching my first World Series in 1977, I wanted to be Reggie Jackson. I bought a big Reggie poster. I ate Reggie candy bars. I entered a phase during which I insisted on having the same style of glasses Reggie had: gold wire frames with the double bar across.

  Eric Liu

  Glasses, Style, Wire

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• There's nothing wrong with the Little League World Series that locking out the adults couldn't cure.

  Mike Penner

  Sports, Baseball, League

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• You know, a lot of people say they didn't want to die until the Red Sox won the World Series. Well, there could be a lot of busy ambulances tomorrow.

  Johnny Damon

  People, World, Want

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