Carl Pohlad Quotes
I never get nervous. Baseball consists of two things: hitting and pitching, and we've got both.
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I think lots of actors are very nervous and shy. I know lots of them who are, and some who aren't of course.
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I will calmly wait for my induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Don't I have the numbers to be inducted?
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Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.
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Whether I'm hitting .100 or .300, I have resolved to at least enjoy every game.
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I lived the baseball life as a kid, with my dad in it. And I lived the baseball life as an adult, because I was in it. When I retired, I wanted the opportunity to be a little bit more flexible and home-based for my kids.
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When you are away from the game and busy with other areas, you realize that the world does not revolve around baseball.
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The black press, some liberal sportswriters, and even a few politicians were banging away at those Jim Crow barriers in baseball. I never expected the walls to come tumbling down in my lifetime.
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When I look back at what I had to go through in black baseball, I can only marvel at the many black players who stuck it out for years in the Jim Crow leagues because they had nowhere else to go.
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It's fun; baseball's fun.
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I was taking hitting clinics every chance I got. I really worked on it. It was just fun to be given that invitation from the director to make the baseball as good as we can.
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Honestly, I'm on the road so much that I never really get a chance to go to baseball games.
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Baseball changes through the years. It gets milder.
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I didn't get nervous when I ran, but I get nervous watching other people now. I root for anybody with a USA on their chest.
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If it wasn't for baseball, I'd be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.
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If I had been white with the things I did, they never would have allowed me to get out of baseball.
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I sang the National Anthem at Dodger Stadium - at a baseball game - which was crazy; there was, like, 60,000 people there, which is a huge deal in America - singing the National Anthem.
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On a day-to-day level, I love watching my kids accomplish the little things that seem trivial but are really milestones: seeing my son hit a baseball or watching my daughter draw something that actually looks like what she says she's drawing. Or hearing them say 'I love you.'
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Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is.
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The most important issue for the killer is the ability to get a victim easily and successfully.
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When my best friends doubt their little black dresses, they call me on the telephone seeking reassurance.
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I always have been very musically influenced because of my dad. He had a very big record collection, so I dabbled in different genres.
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The good ideas will survive.
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I never get nervous. Baseball consists of two things: hitting and pitching, and we've got both.
