Latest Jim Abbott Quotes from Interviews

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• My advice is that you go and do something that you are really driven to do. I loved to play baseball and, because I loved it, I practiced it. Some of us have limitations, but if you are passionate about something and if you have the drive, then you can accomplish it.

  Jim Abbott

  Baseball, Play, Advice

  Source: baseballreflections.com

• I could always throw the ball pretty well and I worked pretty hard at learning how to play the game. But I didn't consider it work as a kid, since I just loved playing baseball.

  Jim Abbott

  Baseball, Kids, Play

  Source: baseballreflections.com

• My goal is to encourage people to see the possibilities that life holds. So many great things can happen in life, if we can find our own way of doing things, and believe in ourselves, no matter what challenges surround you.

  Jim Abbott

  Believe, Goal, People

  "Jim Abbott - The Halos Heaven Interview". Interview with Rev Halofan, www.halosheaven.com. February 14, 2007.

• I benefited from tremendous encouragement as a kid. So many people reached out to me, helped me, and believed in me even when I didn't always believe in myself.

  Jim Abbott

  Encouragement, Believe, Kids

  "Jim Abbott - The Halos Heaven Interview". Interview with Rev Halofan, www.halosheaven.com. February 14, 2007.

• I believe that challenges can push us beyond what we might otherwise be able to accomplish.

  Jim Abbott

  Believe, Challenges, Might

  Source: www.halosheaven.com

• I always wanted to be a shortstop so I could play more often!

  Jim Abbott

  Play, Wanted, Shortstops

  "Jim Abbott - The Halos Heaven Interview". Interview with Rev Halofan, www.halosheaven.com. February 14, 2007.

• What's cool about baseball is you don't have to see someone for years, but when you see them, you just hustle up and give them a big hug. Those friendships endure.

  Jim Abbott

  Baseball, Years, Giving

  Source: bleacherreport.com

• I think you need optimism. I believe that's incredibly important that you be optimistic that you can do things different and still do them just as well. That's very important to success - just to have a positive outlook. I know it's not easy to do that.

  Jim Abbott

  Believe, Optimistic, Thinking

  Source: bleacherreport.com

• I want my career to be judged by what I did on the field. I appreciate the honors.

  Jim Abbott

  Careers, Appreciate, Honor

  Source: bleacherreport.com

• I think my career will be remembered for what it was and what it is, and I don't need more than that.

  Jim Abbott

  Thinking, Careers, Needs

  Source: bleacherreport.com

• It was always just trying to move to the next limit. I didn't think about making the major leagues - every kid has that dream, I had it, but when I was in Little League I just wanted to make the junior high team. When I was in junior high, I wanted to make the Varsity team.

  Jim Abbott

  Dream, Team, Moving

  Source: bleacherreport.com