Rickey Henderson Quotes

You never had the opportunity to play with some of the great ballplayers, but being that close around them, and being in the same category, was a great feeling, to feel that vibe of all the best players who played the game.

Rickey Henderson

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There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action.

Ramez Naam
- Action
- Worry
- Optimism
If I had the use of my body, I would throw it out the window.

Samuel Beckett
- Body
- Window
- Throw
I write to please me, and I've been very lucky. It's like playing baseball. You just keep swinging, and eventually you get a hit.

Karen Robards
- Me
- Baseball
- Lucky
Good acting is good acting, however you learn it. Some people who haven't studied are amazing. Some people like Leonardo DiCaprio are naturally gifted - he's learned technique by working with people early on.

Sam Rockwell
- People
- Good
- Amazing
For those who turn to literary biography for salacious details, 'Flannery' will disappoint. It is the biography of someone who had very little chance to live in the conventional sense, to experience events.

Floyd Skloot
- Live
- Experience
- Chance
At 62, I remain clean and sober and my ponytail remains erect.

Ted Nugent
- Clean
- Sober
- Ponytail