Don Drysdale Quotes

My own little rule was two for one. If one of my teammates got knocked down, then I knocked down two on the other team.

Don Drysdale

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• I believe very strongly in the value of having a diverse team around me that comes from very different backgrounds and different points of view.

  

  Irene Rosenfeld
  • Believe
  • Different
  • Team

• Every time - well, not every time, but in celebration of a great review or a great accolade, I take the team of Daniel to Katz's Deli for lunch. We take the trip on the subway, we were like 40 or 50 people, and we go in the back room and have a pastrami sandwich.

  

  Daniel Boulud
  • People
  • Time
  • Great

• I don't think there's anything that is a greater area of discrimination against women today than the fact that nowhere in the world is there a female role model in team sports that more than half of a general audience would recognize.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • World
  • Women
  • Today

• I am as passionate about the England team as anyone.

  

  Wayne Rooney
  • Team
  • Passionate
  • England

• I come from Nigeria, and we live by the idea that it takes a village. So my entire team. I live by my team: my friends, my neighbors, my teachers - they're the people who taught me how to be a free actor.

  

  Uzo Aduba
  • People
  • Live
  • Friends

• Obviously, you want to help the team win in any way possible. If that's scoring goals, great.

  

  Patrick Kane
  • Great
  • Help
  • Team

• I want to make sure I don't interfere with the success of that team next year. I don't see any way I could go to practice like most of 'em do, and not hurt the team. I'd go nuts if I tried doing that.

  

  Bear Bryant
  • Success
  • Team
  • Practice

• One person's going to win, and everybody else is going to not win. So let's not feel like we're losers. Let's utilize the cultural opportunities, get to know the other players on the other team, look around you, enjoy your world series.

  

  Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • World
  • Team
  • Win

• I was in Charlotte, N.C., when they launched the NBA team there, the Charlotte Hornets. And the first guy to roll into town was Carolina native Michael Jordan.

  

  Hannah Storm
  • Guy
  • Team
  • First

• I think a balanced team of men and women makes better decisions. That's one of the reasons why I was prepared to run for deputy leader.

  

  Harriet Harman
  • Men
  • Women
  • Why

• It's my job to make sure that the people I'm gonna team up with for my music see everything that I'm about: Put all my cards on the table and don't make them guess.

  

  Cam
  • People
  • Up
  • Music

• I have to take care of my family, my team, and my legacy.

  

  Rafael dos Anjos
  • Family
  • Team
  • Legacy

• I have always encouraged my restaurant operators and team members to give back to the local community.

  

  S. Truett Cathy
  • Team
  • Community
  • Restaurant

• You walk into the class in second grade. You can't read. What are you going to do if you're going to make it? You identify the smart kid. You make friends with him. You sit next to him. You grow a team around you. You delegate your work to others. You learn how to talk your way out of a tight spot.

  

  Malcolm Gladwell
  • Work
  • Friends
  • Team

• I had been on this improv team at this really great improv theater. It's called iO now. It used to be called Improv Olympic. They have showcases for Lorne Michaels and other writers and people who work at 'SNL' usually about once a year, although I don't know if it always happens.

  

  Vanessa Bayer
  • People
  • Work
  • Great

• 'Planet Earth' was such an extraordinary series and the 'Making Of'... is fascinating: the creatures and stories behind the camera are just as fascinating as those in front. It's a bit of a dream come true to be a part of the team in some small way.

  

  Dan Stevens
  • True
  • Dream
  • Earth

• If you are playing on a turning wicket, toss plays an important role. The team that wins the toss gets an opportunity to play on the fresh wicket. You should always prepare the wicket as per team's strength. But a rank turner might backfire.

  

  Kapil Dev
  • Important
  • Opportunity
  • Team

• I never really felt I had the same respect as my male team-mates. My opinion wasn't worth as much. I used to sit quietly in meetings and not say anything, as I knew my opinions would be disregarded. And that's after I had become Olympic champion and multiple world champion.

  

  Victoria Pendleton
  • World
  • Team
  • Respect

• That's the nature of sport, if you look at how Europe has performed they have found a way to win but golf is cyclical and there's not much between the teams.

  

  Darren Clarke
  • Nature
  • Team
  • Sports

• As you get older, you develop your style. For me, the simpler, the better.

  

  Cheryl Ladd
  • Style

• People talk in ungrammatical, unwriterly ways.

  

  Janet Malcolm
  • People

• Your life is yours to live, no matter how you choose to live it. When you do not think about how you intend to live it, it lives you. When you occupy it, step into it consciously, you live it.

  

  Gary Zukav
  • Life
  • Live
  • Step

• There's a lot of bitterness, there's a lot of anger out there. We all have to work hard to heal those wounds.

  

  Allen Boyd
  • Work

• My own little rule was two for one. If one of my teammates got knocked down, then I knocked down two on the other team.

  

  Don Drysdale
  • Team