Catfish Hunter Quotes

• He'd (Reggie Jackson) give you the shirt off his back. Of course he'd call a press conference to announce it.

  Catfish Hunter

  Giving, Pitching, Shirts

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• Winning isn't everything. Wanting to is.

  Catfish Hunter

  Success, Sports, Running

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• On the day I was signed, Mr. Finley, the owner of the Athletics at that time came up to me and said, 'When you were six you ran away from home, and when your parents found you at a nearby lake, you had already caught two catfish and were pulling in a third. Now repeat it back to me.'

  Catfish Hunter

  Home, Yankees, Two

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• The thing about Reggie (Jackson) is that you know he's going to produce. And if he doesn't, he's going to talk enough to make people think he's going to produce.

  Catfish Hunter

  Thinking, People, Pitching

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• If I had done everything I was supposed to, I'd be leading the league in homers, have the highest batting average, have given $100,000 to the Cancer Fund and be married to Marie Osmond.

  Catfish Hunter

  Cancer, Average, League

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• I had some friends here from North Carolina who'd never seen a homer, so I gave them a couple.

  Catfish Hunter

  Couple, North Carolina, Pitching

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• They don't know who I was or that I played baseball.

  Catfish Hunter

  Baseball, Yankees, New York Yankees

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• This 20th win means more to me than the perfect game in 1968.

  Catfish Hunter

  Mean, Winning, Yankees

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