Sammy Sosa Quotes
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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With network, shows are pulled half the time after three episodes whether they're good or they're not good. It's a numbers game. With cable, they can take a lot more liberties.
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Baseball can be slow in many ways. The action starts with when the pitcher delivers the ball. But the action really starts when the crack of the bat happens.
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I found out early in life that I could hit a baseball farther than most players, and that's what I tried to do.
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My life as Mrs. Leo Durocher and baseball come first.
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Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.
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I've been in the public eye now for about 15 or 16 years, and I'm very aware that fame is not a given. I have to maintain it. It's not just something that will always be there. But I've always been a worker. I've never expected be given anything.
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Playing baseball is fun. If I could play, I'd never retire. But managing is work. It's constant decisions of whose feelings you want to hurt all the time.
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In all my years of baseball, I have always expected to be traded. I never liked the idea.
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My first interest in baseball is the welfare of baseball itself. My second is the Cincinnati Reds, and my third is Warren Giles.
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I gotta be honest with you... I hate numbers. I hate chapter numbers. I hate them.
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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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Fame hasn't really affected me. I have a really close knit group around me, and my sister is always with me, so it's like a bit of a travelling circus.
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Elements and birthdays have been intertwined for me since boyhood, when I learned about atomic numbers.
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I was at UGA playing with Champ Bailey and Hines Ward - both guys who will probably touch the Hall of Fame one day.
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I never went after fame. It fell into my lap.
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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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I'm a businessman, and what I know is numbers and business.
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Young players need to know how to take care of themselves for life after baseball.
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I'm a big sports guy - golf, tennis, baseball, basketball, snowboarding - and I love games.
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Can you lay your life down, so a stranger can live? Can you take what you need, but take less than you give? Could you close every day, without the glory and fame? Could you hold your head high, when no-one knows your name?
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Michael Landon was the biggest influence. As a child, I watched him write, direct, star, and produce a TV show every week. He showed me what was possible.
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The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.
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But I'm not as bad as Al Pacino - he doesn't even know what month it is half the time when he's working.
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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?
