League Quotes - Page 35

• If you're in the minor leagues, you want to get to the majors.

  Ryne Sandberg

  Want, Minors, Majors

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• I learned a lot in the Minor Leagues, spending six years there. I honed my skills, as far as coaching goes. I was able to work with the players in a lot of facets of the game.

  Ryne Sandberg

  Player, Years, Games

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• I enjoyed hitting in the Major Leagues more than in the Minor Leagues. I didn't want to tell anybody it was easier, because I didn't want to sound cocky. But Major League pitchers had better control, and most of them were around the plate.

  Willie McCovey

  Cocky, Sound, Hitting

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• You have different levels of players. There's are Premier League, international and world-class levels. The world-class level is players at the peak of their career and there's only maybe 50 maximum in the whole world. Stevie moved from a Premier League player to an international player and then world class.

  Gerard Houllier

  Player, Class, Careers

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• I just hope Sammy (Sosa) gets the attention he deserves. Not only has he hit sixty-two homers, but he has carried us. He is without doubt the MVP of the National League.

  Mark Grace

  Mvp, Two, Doubt

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• I have no problem dressing up . . . because I know I'm a nice-looking guy. But as far as chains, I definitely feel that's a racial statement. Almost 100% of the guys in the league who are young and black wear big chains. So I definitely don't agree with that at all.

  Stephen Jackson

  Nice, Dressing Up, Guy

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• Honestly, being a 5'11 quarterback, not too many people think that you can play in the National Football League. And so for me, you know, I knew that my height doesn't define my skill set, you know? I believed in my talent. I believed in what God gave me. I believed in the knowledge that I have of the game.

  Russell Wilson

  Football, Thinking, Play

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• I took a huge risk leaving baseball, because I was predicted to play in the big leagues. I'm kind of a prototypical second baseman.

  Russell Wilson

  Baseball, Play, Leaving

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• You know, I want to be the uncommon one. I think it's pretty cool that I'm only 5'11, you know, and playing in the National Football League.

  Russell Wilson

  Football, Thinking, Want

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• It was in 1942 and I flew from St. Louis to Mexico City. I had just gotten married and we were on our honeymoon. I hit .397 and led the Mexican League with 20 home runs and was named the MVP of the league. It's when I realized I could compete with anyone at any level.

  Monte Irvin

  Running, Home, Mvp

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• If they are the league ain't doing a good job of it.

  LeBron James

  Basketball, Jobs, Nba

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• I remember being a teenager and having a boyfriend - this guy I thought I was way better than, and completely out of his league. He was a year younger than me. And he broke up with me. It was so shocking, and I couldn't believe it.

  Jessica Chastain

  Teenager, Believe, Years

  "Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy on 'Eleanor Rigby,' First Heartbreak, and Robin Williams". Interview with Marlow Stern, www.thedailybeast.com. September 2, 2014.

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• My mother was a great advocate of womens rights, a member of the League of Womens Voters and lifelong member of Planned Parenthood and an advocate of a womans rights in terms of reproductive issues. She was also a founding member of Common Cause in the state of Indiana.

  Kathryn Lasky

  Mother, Rights, Issues

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• My first year in the big leagues, I made $17,000. It was easy to go out and get another $17,000 relief pitcher. I never worried about innings or pitches. I just pitched.

  Bruce Sutter

  Years, Relief, Firsts

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• I masterbate in the shower. My action figures judge me. Especially the Justice League.

  Tucker Max

  Justice, Judging, Action

  Tucker Max (2011). “Assholes Finish First”, p.65, Simon and Schuster

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• To win the Champions League with Porto, you have to be tactically acute

  Paul Merson

  Winning, Champions League, Porto

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• To me, there is no more conscientious umpire in the Major Leagues than Jim Joyce. He gives you a hellacious effort every time.

  Tony La Russa

  Umpires, Giving, Effort

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• I feel blessed that I had an opportunity to be in the Big Ten for four years as a player and be in the Big Ten as a coach for eight years. To get 12 years in a conference like the Big Ten - it's a first-class league with great towns and great fans.

  Steve Alford

  Blessed, Opportunity, Player

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• When I was 16 years old, my brother Frank said, 'You'd better become a catcher, because you're too big and fat to do anything else.' Well, I took his advice. It was a quick way to get to the big leagues, and I've never regretted it.

  Joe Torre

  Brother, Years, Advice

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• As a player, to me the Dodgers were the Yankees of the National League because you either loved them or you hated them.

  Joe Torre

  Player, Yankees, Hated

  "Joe Torre Hired to Take Over Los Angeles Dodgers". Associated Press, www.foxnews.com. November 01, 2007.

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• I think there's more of opportunity to win games in the National League than the American League because there are more decisions to make.

  Joe Torre

  Winning, Opportunity, Thinking

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• You get to the big leagues, and you think, 'Can I do this stuff?' Then you take the first pitch down the middle for Strike 1, and you think, 'I could have hit that.'

  Joe Torre

  Thinking, Stuff, Firsts

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• Major league baseball is about the history of the game. Baseball history is so important. It's so much more than money.

  Joe Torre

  Baseball, Games, Important

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• I am a National Football League player of American Samoan heritage. Because of my status as a professional athlete, I have been blessed to play a role in educating players and fans about the culture and history of America's southernmost territory.

  Troy Polamalu

  Football, Blessed, Athlete

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• I lost the good stuff on my fastball. I had to come up with something to keep me in the league. The knuckler rescued me then.

  Ted Lyons

  Stuff, Lost, Come Up

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