Gary Sheffield Quotes
I took a swing early and I let it go pretty good, and I felt fine, ... After that, I took my chances.
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I don't know who took what. That is pretty private with an individual.
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The story was such that I couldn't make a graceful ending and then make a graceful new beginning. I could have, but I didn't want to. So, it isn't the most graceful way of writing a story. This new story is, I think, is pretty good stuff. I'm pleased with it anyway.
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'Skins' is about a group of teenagers in Bristol, and it's all about what they get up to and all the different things they do. I think it's a good show because it's come from a very real place, and there's a lot of young people involved in the writing.
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Venezuelan baseball is more aggressive, more passionate, more exciting. The fans are not the same as in your native country.
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A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good.
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There have been numerous tips and numerous people offering advice. I appreciate it because it all comes with good feelings from the heart. But some of it we'll apply, and some things we won't.
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Building codes are a good thing. People who throw rocks at inspectors are being naive. It's a lot like police officers; we want them around unless they stop us for a ticket. It's the same with inspectors.
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My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself.
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I got to the big leagues when I was 20. I thought I had it all figured out. Went to spring training that next year and started off well, got sent down, and I pouted pretty much all of 2000. And it wasn't the right way to handle it.
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Good masters teach good doctrine, but that taught by evil masters is wholly evil.
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Bill Mitchell said he really liked it. But when he asked the other four their opinions, we all took one look at ourselves in our raggedy long winter coats and cracked up. We knew we weren't likely to tempt anyone or anything, but what the hell, it was as good a name as any.
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I think America becomes more disgruntled by going to the movies and having an endlessly good time at them.
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Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.
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People know more about baseball players' contracts than they do about the policies that govern the fate of our children's lives in twenty years. Think about it. People used to say, the whole time I was growing up, 'Do you want to bring a child into this world?' That's pretty dire.
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I am a man who is noble. I have a good heart, but at the same time, I'm a little malicioso. There's no way of hiding that side.
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Sport's always a good thing - it's healthy, and it takes your mind off other things.
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As I grow older, I become more and more of a Marxist - Groucho, that is. When you have lived two-thirds of your life, you know the value of a good joke.
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Young players need to know how to take care of themselves for life after baseball.
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Giving back, doing motivational speeches and stuff like that, that's always made me feel good. If you repeatedly go out there, and you are the change that you want to see, then that's what you are.
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For 20 years I've had the privilege of representing Canada around the globe... first on the bike and then on my blades. The experiences have shaped me into who I am today.
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Only one thing matters: learning to be the loser.
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If Judd Apatow called me, I'd do it without thinking about it. I think he does really fun movies.
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Give yourself an impossible task and solve it - then you've got a really good story.
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I took a swing early and I let it go pretty good, and I felt fine, ... After that, I took my chances.
