Hall Of Fame Quotes - Page 3

• My drum sticks are in the "Hall of Fame." I know that.

  Jimmy Carl Black

  Sticks, Fame, Halls

  Jimmy Carl Black Interview by Stephen Moore in Munich, Germany, www.stevemoorebooks.com. March 29, 2000.

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• I've been to the Hall of Fame many times, in grade school and high school. I had field trips to the Hall of Fame and taking tours of it. I just never thought about that one day I possibly might be in it. I think it'd be great.

  Patrick Ewing

  School, Thinking, One Day

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• I grew up as a sports fan, and I know that a hall of fame is very different than an award for being the best of the year. It's a nod to the longevity of our accomplishment.

  Chuck D

  Sports, Awards, Years

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• One major should not get you into the Hall of Fame - maybe one major and 40 wins. I'm not gonna pick a guy with one major and 11 wins.

  Ray Floyd

  Winning, Guy, Fame

  "The show must go on" by Bob Harig, www.espn.com. May 6, 2013.

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• We have about 4 million people who have voted for who they want to see in the Hall of Fame. There are some people they put down that are pretty good players. You have Ray Guy, Jim Plunkett, Lester Hayes and Donnie Shell.

  Gale Sayers

  Player, People, Guy

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• I'm a ballplayer. I know how hard the game is... and anybody that makes it in the Hall of Fame, I support. They become a member of our special fraternity.

  George Brett

  Games, Support, Special

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• I am very excited to be included in the very first college baseball Hall of Fame class. For me to be honored with these coaches and players that I have grown to admire and respect is very special. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone in Lubbock.

  Skip Bertman

  Baseball, Player, College

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• I'm honored to be on this list for the official beginning of the College Baseball Hall of Fame. The coaches on the list laid the groundwork for what college baseball is today. Being mentioned with those men means a lot to me.

  Skip Bertman

  Baseball, Mean, College

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• Leadbelly's guitar is in the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame.

  Roger McGuinn

  Rocks, Guitar, Rock N Roll

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• But what I'd really like to tell you is I never dreamed of being in the Hall of Fame. Standing here with all these great players was beyond any of my dreams.

  Robin Yount

  Sports, Dream, Player

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• I lost money, coaching jobs, a shot at the Hall of Fame. But when you weigh that against all the things that are really and truly important, things that are deep inside you, then I think I've succeeded.

  Curt Flood

  Jobs, Thinking, Coaching

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• The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is not a public democratic organization; it's a private club basically. It's like a private golf club and they decide who they're going to let in the club.

  Micky Dolenz

  Golf, Rocks, Rock And Roll

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• Darryl Strawberry has been voted to the Hall of Fame five years in a row.

  Ralph Kiner

  Years, Fame, Strawberries

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• The Hall of Fame ceremonies are on the thirty-first and thirty-second of July.

  Ralph Kiner

  July, Firsts, Fame

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• I was a starter and did some good things there, and then I got a chance to prove myself as a closer. Because of that opportunity, I was blessed with the honor of being elected to the Hall of Fame.

  Dennis Eckersley

  Sports, Blessed, Opportunity

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• Your body, the only one you will ever have, is the foundation of your life. And it’s either an anchor limiting your freedom and potential or a source of radiant energy, vitality and joy, elevating your life and the lives of those around you. It’s your choice… will yours be a source of strength, from which you will impact the world, or an obstacle, preventing you from your dreams and desires? … As my friend, NFL Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway is fond of saying,'If you’re going to bother setting a goal, aim high!'… My advice to you, aim high; aim for strength.

  Shawn Phillips

  Dream, Impact, Anchors

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• He (Gaylord Perry) should be in the Hall of Fame with a tube of KY jelly attached to his plaque.

  Gene Mauch

  Jelly, Fame, Should

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• I'm in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on the One-Hit Wonder Wall. I'm still very troubled by the fact that I'm in the hall and my dad isn't.

  Debby Boone

  Dad, Wall, Rock And Roll

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• There is nothing antithetical in American history, culture, or traditions to teamwork. Teams were important in America's history - wagon trains conquered the West, men working together on the assembly line in American industry conquered the world, a successful national strategy and a lot of teamwork put an American on the moon first (and thus fare, last). But American mythology extols only the individual...In America, halls of fame exist for almost every conceivable activity, but nowhere do Americans raise monuments in praise of teamwork.

  Lester Thurow

  Teamwork, Successful, Moon

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• I'm very happyWhen you start a career you never think about the Hall of Fame ... watching a guy like Walter Payton, he would say 'Don't do what I say, do what I do.' If you can do your thing the way he does his, the possibility is you will get in the Hall of Fame.

  Richard Dent

  Thinking, Careers, Guy

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• I don't want to be in the Hall of Fame. I don't think owners should be.

  George Steinbrenner

  Thinking, Want, Fame

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• Nobody has ever denied that when it comes to his trade - gigolo - John Forbes Kerry is one of the all-time greats. He's in the Gigolo Hall of Fame. See, a really good gigolo might snag one heiress in a lifetime with a nine-figure trust fund. Kerry has married two. When it comes to gigolos, he's Steve Jobs.

  Howie Carr

  Jobs, Two, Might

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• It enrages me to see only certain players singled out for the Hall of Fame because they were born with a God-given specialty. When I take my kids to the Baseball Hall of Fame, I want them to experience the full array of talents that make the game what it is today, not just the larger-than-life freaks of nature. I want them to know that you don't have to be the biggest or the strongest to reach your goals, and that hard work and perseverance are also rewarded.

  Bert Blyleven

  Baseball, Perseverance, Kids

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• I think my chances of ever making it into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame are about as good as Milli Vanilli’s.

  Al Yankovic

  Thinking, Rocks, Rock N Roll

  “Ask Al” Q&As page, weirdal.com. August 15, 2003.

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• We try to exert a Ted Williams kind of discipline. In his book The Science of Hitting, Ted explains that he carved the strike zone into 77 cells, each the size of a baseball. Swinging only at balls in his "best" cell, he knew, would allow him to bat .400; reaching for balls in his "worst" spot, the low outside corner of the strike zone, would reduce him to .230. In other words, waiting for the fat pitch would mean a trip to the Hall of Fame; swinging indiscriminately would mean a ticket to the minors.

  Warren Buffett

  Baseball, Book, Mean

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