When I was a small boy growing up in Kansas, a friend of mine and I went fishing and as we sat there in the warmth of a summer afternoon on a riverbank we talked about what we wanted to do when we grew up. I told him that I wanted to be a real major-league baseball player, a genuine professional like Honus Wagner. My friend said that he'd like to be President of the United States. Neither of us got our wish.
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Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you.
Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you.
Sweat plus sacrifice equals success.
Sweat plus sacrifice equals success.
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Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken.
Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken.
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Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many players on the field?
Fans don't boo nobodies.
Fans don't boo nobodies.
The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided.
The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided.
You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat.
You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat.
