David Wright Quotes
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I take great pride in going out there and playing through pain.
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Whether you have a great game or a terrible game, tomorrow's another day and you've got to come out here and compete.
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Sure, finishing last has negative connotations. But finishing second-to-last or last is still losing.
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I take positives out of negatives all the time.
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When it’s all said and done, I want to be able to say I got the most out of my potential. I don’t want to look back, however many years from now, and say, ‘I wonder if I would have worked a little harder. I wonder if I would have done this or done that, how things would have turned out.’ I want to, when it’s all said and done, be able to put my head on my pillow and say, ‘I did everything I could do — good or bad.’
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An excess of development can undermine the most ephemeral but distinctive tool a writer possesses: authorial voice. A writer's voice is as individual and marked as a thumbprint, and is a playwright's truest imprimatur. It is as innate as breathing, and can be as unique as any genetic code. By its very singular nature, it is seldom born in the act of collaboration. True authorial voice always pre-dates the first rehearsal of a text. And it is - and will always be - an author's most distinguishing and valuable feature.
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I’m always looking to improve. And every year I want to do better than the year before.
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I love being a Met. It was my favorite team growing up, so to be a Met to me is very special.
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Baseball caps never go out of style and are easy to wear. Beyond baseball, beyond sports, I really do think a baseball cap is for everyone.
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As soon as baseball becomes a job, as soon as I stop caring, as soon as the smile goes away, I'll hang up my spikes and do something else.