Rookies Quotes

• A lot of rookies hit the wall after 50 or 60 games.

  Andrew Bogut

  Sports, Wall, Games

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Rookies are also coming in from college programs as big stars, whereas when we came in, we were just happy to be there. We were happy to be playing in a big gym, to be on television, to be playing in America.

  Sue Wicks

  Stars, College, America

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• I did some good things as a rookie.

  Earl Campbell

  Good Things

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• My rookie year, I was very immature.

  Dennis Rodman

  Basketball, Years, Immature

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• And my rookie contract, my first rookie contract was for $5,000.

  Don Shula

  Firsts, Contracts

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• Some of the money going to the rookies can now be spent on people who have proved their worth. After all, the average playing life of a pro football player is about eight years and it is only fitting that the veterans get something for their efforts.

  Bob Lilly

  Football, Player, Years

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• He settled his hat back into position. She was a rookie in her first big game, and he’d never let her see how close she’d come to unseating a champion

  Susan Elizabeth Phillips

  Games, Champion, Firsts

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• Veterans get priority in the training room and better parking, but there is not a whole lot of difference in terms of how they're treated in the competition for playing time. To me it doesn't matter if a guy is a 10-year veteran or a rookie. If the rookie is better, he finds his way onto the field.

  Brendan Daly

  Years, Differences, Guy

  Source: content.time.com

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• The start of my rookie season when there was so much pressure, so many expectations, and so much excitement surrounding the return of the No. 3 to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and then we went out and won the pole for the Daytona 500. That was a very special moment.

  Austin Dillon

  Expectations, Special, Pressure

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• So many of my rookie mistakes could have been avoided by first-hand exposure to other, more experienced technology entrepreneurs.

  Kathryn Minshew

  Mistake, Technology, Hands

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• I was invited to play with the New York Knicks. I was never drafted, but I was invited to the rookie camp.

  Louis Gossett, Jr.

  New York, Play, Camps

  "Being Black and "Difficult" in Hollywood". Interview with Ishmael Reed, www.counterpunch.org. September 24, 2010.

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• Chris Pittaro is the best rookie I've had in 15 years.

  Sparky Anderson

  Years

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• There were a couple of times, leading up to shooting [Ordinary World], where I was like, "Oh, my god, what did I get myself into? Hopefully, I don't ruin this guy's precious script." And then, after a couple of days of shooting, I started getting in the groove of it and it was really fun. I love being a rookie at stuff. It makes it feel vital. I love doing things I've never done before, and I love making stuff.

  Billie Joe Armstrong

  Couple, Fun, Love Is

  Source: collider.com

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• Baseball is a rookie, his experience no bigger than the lump in his throat as he begins fulfillment of his dream.

  Ernie Harwell

  Baseball, Dream, Bigger

  Ernie Harwell (1986). “Tuned to Baseball”, Taylor Trade Publishing

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• My rookie is manly, so manly, oh so manly his name is Derrick Bateman.

  Daniel Bryan

  Wwe, Names, Manly

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Winning the Rookie of the Year would be nice but making the playoffs would be even nicer for me.

  Andrew Bogut

  Nice, Winning, Years

  Interview with Victor Kelly, www.ign.com. February 8, 2006.

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• When I first signed with the Yankees, the regulars wouldn't talk to you until you were with the team three or four years. Nowadays the rookies get $100,000 to sign and they don't talk to the regulars.

  Lefty Gomez

  Baseball, Team, Yankees

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• It's kind of a tradition that you get a rookie, put him in the middle, wrap your arms and legs around him, then douse him with everything you can get a hold of - shaving cream, ketchup, mustard, everything. It's kind of like a pie in the face after a guy is successful.

  Gary Carter

  Successful, Pie, Shaving Cream

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• Tried on daddy's 1979 rookie firesuit a while back. Smelled every bit of 36 years old.

  Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

  Years, Daddy, Bits

  Twitter post from Mar 1, 2015

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• I build molecules for a living. I can't begin to tell you how difficult that job is. I stand in awe of God because of what he has done through his creation. My faith has been increased through my research. Only a rookie who knows nothing about science would say science takes away from faith. If you really study science, it will bring you closer to God.

  James Tour

  Jobs, Atheism, Molecules

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• You won't ever see me being totally sexy on 'Rookie Blue.' It's not right for the character, anyway.

  Missy Peregrym

  Sexy, Character, Blue

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• Miami awarded me with the teams Pitcher of the year as well as Rookie of the year. My career at Miami only got better from there, I went on the Cape Cod baseball league for 2 consecutive summers where I did well and also to help lead our Miami team to both MAC regular season and tournament champions in 2005. I finished my career at Miami holding a few conference records including career innings pitched and by getting drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 10th round.

  Graham Taylor

  Summer, Baseball, Team

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• I try to stay as young as these rookies are.It feels a bit strange not to be anymore the youngster I used to be. But I'm okay with it. Mostly, I enjoy being on the pitch with so many talented players around me.

  Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

  Player, Trying, Strange

  Source: news.xinhuanet.com

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• You have to get lucky. Whether that's a good captain's pick, or two rookies combining for five points, if you get that, those are points you really aren't expecting.

  Nick Faldo

  Two, Lucky, Captains

  Source: www.golfdigest.com

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• Being picked for the Pro Bowl is a feeling I can't describe. I never thought I'd be out here as a rookie, so it's great.

  Eddie Lacy

  Feelings, Bowls, I Can

  "Talking to Our NFL Rookie of the Year Pick Eddie Lacy About Twitter and Getting Hit Very Hard". Interview with Esquire, www.esquire.com. January 27, 2014.

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