Bob Uecker Quotes
The biggest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you. That happened when my Bobby was in his championship Little League game. He really showed me something. Struck out three times. Made an error that lost the game. Parents were throwing things at our car and swearing at us as we drove off. Gosh, I was proud.
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I love doing what I do. I love asking questions. I love being in the mix.
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I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.
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When I see a dolphin, I know it's just as smart as I am.
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There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
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Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships?
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Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is himself the way.
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For me beauty is valued more than anything - the beauty that is manifest in a curved line or in an act of creativity.
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I could battle rap forever, but it's a joke to me.
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I'm a fighter, and I don't take no for an answer.
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I don't even make multiplayer games much, so dealing with multiple characters is something new for me – or, rather, something I've had to recall from my days as a roleplaying adventure designer where the party was everything!
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I'm still at the beginning of my career. It's all a little new, and I'm still learning as I go.
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I kind of just stumbled into producing. It was more that I was a writer, and the only way you were going to get your songs done was to do them yourself.
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I certainly never saw myself as posh.
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My shows and my material are grounded in reality. It's pretty much something that's either happened in my life or in the news, and I start there and give you my take on it.
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That's the great thing about art. Anybody can do it if you just believe. With practice, you can make great paintings.
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I'm not afraid of stereotypes. There are some truths to it - but the problem is that people keep sort of owning that one thing to be the truth.
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Man, 'Hill Street Blues' was on when I was 12, and I remember feeling I'd never seen anything like it. It was that far ahead of its time, with dark characters you loved. I remember Ed Marinaro, the football star.
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You always care about your teammates, and you care about the game.
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Borrowing to pay for college used to be the exception; now it's the rule.
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I say to myself that I shall try to make my life like an open fireplace, so that people may be warmed and cheered by it and so go out themselves to warm and cheer.
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The clerical work is par for the course. "Keep on file in numerical order" means throw in wastebasket. You'll soon learn the language. "Let it be a challenge to you" means you're stuck with it; "interpersonal relationships" is a fight between kids; "ancillary civic agencies for supportive discipline" means call the cops; "Language Arts Dept." is the English office; "literature based on child's reading level and experiential background" means that's all they've got in the Book Room; "non-academic-minded" is a delinquent; and "It has come to my attention" means you're in trouble.
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If you are a parent, you have probably already realized that your children are always watching what you do. And just as children watch their parents and emulate their behavior, so do employees who are watching their bosses.
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The biggest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you. That happened when my Bobby was in his championship Little League game. He really showed me something. Struck out three times. Made an error that lost the game. Parents were throwing things at our car and swearing at us as we drove off. Gosh, I was proud.
