Roger Clemens Quotes

• I think anything is possible if you have the mindset and the will and desire to do it and put the time in.

  Roger Clemens

  Positive Thinking, Desire, Mindset

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• If someone met me on a game day, he wouldn't like me. The days in between, I'm the goodest guy you can find.

  Roger Clemens

  Games, Guy, Game Day

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• My only day off is the day I pitch (in regards to how hard he works out during off-days).

  Roger Clemens

  Work Out, Days Off, Regard

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• He's (George Steinbrenner) the one who gave me a chance to get to the World Series. This is where I wanted to be all along. We had a couple of nice offers from other teams, but I tied my agents' hands. I told them I wanted to be a Yankee.

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  Couple, Nice, Team

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• I had to will my way through that game. Sometimes, it takes more than talent or more than a 95-mile-an-hour fastball. You have to will it.

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  Baseball, Games, Way

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• Everybody kind of perceives me as being angry. It's not anger, it's motivation.

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  Motivational, Sports, Baseball

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• I love to work with the younger kids who are trying to live out their dreams, if in fact that's what they plan on doing after college to take the next step. A very select few have that opportunity so when you do have the opportunity you know, those guys take advantage of it

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  Sports, Dream, Kids

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• When I get too much rest, I'm usually erotic.

  Roger Clemens

  Yankees, Erotic, Too Much

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• If you're going to cook a fresh chicken, it's not a big concern. But if you're going to ship a chicken, there's a change in structure.

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  Change, Ships, Structure

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• My main concern is when it's 2-0, I've got to keep it at 2-0. It gives us a little more of a chance. To give up four more runs, that isn't going to get it done. I don't care who you're facing or who you're playing, it's not going to get it done.

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  Sports, Running, Giving Up

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• My only day off is the day I pitch.

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  Days Off

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• When I look back at the tapes, your first everything, your first All-Star Game, your first playoff experience, it just seems like it went by really fast.

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  Sports, Stars, Games

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• Going to Omaha for the College World Series - the people there are tremendous - huge crowds and a lot of excitement. I still remember those days - you make a lot of friends that you never forget when you win a championship like that

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  Sports, College, Winning

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• I'd be cheating everyone here, the staff and rest of my teammates, if I wasn't able to stay on top of my work. It was almost like therapy, to come back and get in an environment I'm comfortable with.

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  Sports, Cheating, Teammate

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• I don't bat an eye at stuff like that. I've had my share of wins. If I worried about the games I should have won, it would probably drive me crazy. It was a fun game to pitch in.

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  Fun, Crazy, Eye

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• If I put my mind to it, and I put the work in, I have no doubt I could do it (pitch 4-5 additional years), but I made a promise to the people who've supported me for so many years. It's time to give back to my family.

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  Years, People, Giving

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• The reality is that my stepfather was like a father to me and watching him die from a sudden heart attack was one of the hardest things I have ever gone through.

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  Father, Heart, Reality

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• The tradition you have at the University of Texas is like no other.

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  Texas, Tradition, University

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• That's when I use the word frustrating, when your body breaks down or your body doesn't do the things I'm asking it to do at my age, because I'm trying to keep up with the Joneses.

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  Age, Trying, Asking

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• I wish there was a bar I could send opposing teams to and get them hammered or something - I could tell my buddies in New York to leave their places open or something. Playing for the Yankees, guys come at you extremely hard. I have to be ready or I'll be embarrassed

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  New York, Team, Yankees

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• Even though I play a professional sport now, I love college baseball

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  Sports, Baseball, College

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• Every time I toe the rubber, it's no different for me than it was in the World Series.

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  Sports, World, Rubber

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• He hit the ball so hard, I couldn't even turn around in time to see it go over the fence.

  Roger Clemens

  Baseball, Balls, Fence

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• I wasn't scared (during his first at-bat). I just told them (Mo Vaughn & Kevin Mitchell') to give me all that hockey equipment (forearm pad & shin guard respectively).

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  Hockey, Giving, Pads

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• When you have a chance to take the ball for the world champs, you take the ball.

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  Balls, World, Chance

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