League Quotes - Page 27

• There is no reason why agreement on particular points should not be both possible and advantageous to the so-called neutrals and to one or more of the blocs, either existing or in the process of formation, within the League of Nations.

  Hjalmar Branting

  Agreement, Reason Why, Process

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• I regard myself as an actress but, obviously, not in the Dame Judi Dench league. That isn't a problem because I don't think we are ever likely to be up for the same part!

  Kelly Brook

  Thinking, Dames, Actresses

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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 would love to get back to the big leagues as a coach, possibly a manager. I would love that opportunity.

  Gary Carter

  Opportunity, Bigs, Coaches

  "Carter apologizes for comments saying he wanted Mets' job". Interview on ESPN Radio's "Mike and Mike" in the "Morning Show", www.espn.com. May 27, 2008.

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• My dad is the reason I actually started watching wrestling. My dad was never big into sports; we were all big into sports as kids, and he'd go to our Little League games or whatever and not really know what was going on, because he didn't know about sports, but he knew about wrestling.

  John Cena

  Sports, Dad, Wrestling

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• My motive, and I will make it clear and look you in the eyes, is to attack major league baseball. That's my motive.

  Jose Canseco

  Baseball, Eye, Looks

  "Canseco: 'My Motive Is to Attack Major League Baseball'" by Martin Bashir and Mary Marsh, abcnews.go.com. March 27, 2008.

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• My major league debut came at old Busch Stadium on Grand Avenue in St. Louis against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

  Steve Carlton

  Sports, Pirate, Pittsburgh

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• I've been fortunate and blessed to further my career in the Arena Football League, and I've had a good time doing it.

  Jeff Garcia

  Football, Blessed, Careers

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• The best example of how impossible it will be for Major League Baseball to crack down on steroids is the fact that baseball and the media are still talking about the problem as "steroids.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Baseball, Media, Talking

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• If the Ivy League was the breeding ground for the elites of the American Century, Stanford is the farm system for Silicon Valley.

  Ken Auletta

  Ivy, Valleys, Breeding

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• Hey, I'm just looking for an excuse to retire so I can play summer league baseball, go coach my nephews, play pickup basketball. I've always had that ability to move on to the next thing.

  Doug Flutie

  Basketball, Summer, Baseball

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• Sometimes when I hear commentating, it's sickening. People who never played the game, people who never played in the league have an opinion, and that's all it is. You are here to educate the watcher or the viewer. Sometimes it comes off as personal. I don't ever want to come off like that. My opinion is my opinion about someone.

  Kevin Garnett

  Games, People, Want

  "Kevin Garnett: 'I never cared about the accolades'". Interview with Marc J. Spears, sports.yahoo.com. December 30, 2012.

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• Academia is a rarified culture, especially an Ivy League academic background.

  Paul Giamatti

  Ivy, Academia, Culture

  "Paul Giamatti: My family values". Interview With Elaine Lipworth, www.theguardian.com. May 20, 2011.

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• I had my footballing heroes such as Bryan Robson and Diego Maradona but my dad was a rugby league star, and he was my real hero. But the relationship with my mum was rocky and we saw things that would affect any youngster.

  Ryan Giggs

  Stars, Dad, Real

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• I've never seen radio as the minor leagues, where I'm just really preparing to be in the show that really counts, namely, television, which is, I think, what people often assume. I've never felt that way.

  Terry Gross

  Thinking, People, Television

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• If you're going to play hockey now, you have to be able to play. If you have the ability to fight and play, you're an unbelievable commodity. But if you can only fight, there might be six of those guys left in the league, and I can guarantee they're going fast.

  Brett Hull

  Fighting, Hockey, Play

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• Only 38 per cent of players in the Premier League are English; that is a damning statistic. Soon, the England manager will have to go scouting for players in the Championship - and when I say 'soon' I mean the next four or five years, perhaps even for the next World Cup.

  Glenn Hoddle

  Mean, Player, Years

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• For some students, school is the only place where they get a hot meal and a warm hug. Teachers are sometimes the only ones who tell our children they can go from an Indian reservation to the Ivy League, from the home of a struggling single mom to the White House.

  Denise Juneau

  Mom, Teacher, Children

  "2012 Democratic National Convention: Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by The Honorable Denise Juneau". Reuters, September 05, 2012.

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• I would love to see as many of the black players as possible in today's Major League Baseball make every effort to go to the Negro Leagues Museum and get a first-hand view of how it all started.

  Ferguson Jenkins

  Baseball, Player, Museums

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• I just wanted to go play in the big leagues. But possibly playing for the Yankees is very special.

  Nick Johnson

  Yankees, Play, Special

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• Really, I just love doing comedy. Any form it takes is great, as long as I can keep doing it, you know? If I can do my show and 'The League' while also getting to do other bits, that's awesome.

  Nick Kroll

  Long, Comedy, Form

  Interview with Kyle Dowling, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 13, 2013.

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• All of a sudden I'm in the major leagues and we're traveling from town to town. I see the other players dressing different every day. I've got only one suit and I keep wearing it over and over. I'm really embarrassed.

  Al Kaline

  Sports, Player, Different

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• Everything we talk about is about beating the Packers, the Bears and the Vikings. Obviously there are other teams in the league, but if you can dominate and be on top of your division you are always in the playoff hunt. It's time for us to win that thing.

  Steve Mariucci

  Team, Winning, Division

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• This league is getting big. We have way more 300-pound guys than ever before. That's not to say all the people in athletics who have died are 300-pound guys. There are so many different reasons.

  Steve Mariucci

  People, Guy, Different

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• I would have been about seven years old when the formative years of my competitive football education began. I was playing in the local leagues around Manchester, playing against lads from tough areas who had been taught they had to fight for everything.

  Gary Neville

  Football, Fighting, Years

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