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When I was a small boy growing up in Kansas, a friend of mine and I went fishing and as read more
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.
You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat.
You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat.
I think there are only three things America will be known for 2,000 years from now when they study this read more
I think there are only three things America will be known for 2,000 years from now when they study this civilization: the Constitution, jazz music, and baseball.
Slump? I ain't in no slump... I just ain't hitting.
Slump? I ain't in no slump... I just ain't hitting.
Baseball is a lot like life. The line drives are caught, the squibbles go for base hits. It's an unfair read more
Baseball is a lot like life. The line drives are caught, the squibbles go for base hits. It's an unfair game.
Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you.
Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you.
It took me seventeen years to get 3,000 hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf read more
It took me seventeen years to get 3,000 hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.
When I played ball, I didn't play for fun... It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out. It's read more
When I played ball, I didn't play for fun... It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out. It's a contest and everything that implies, a struggle for supremacy, a survival of the fittest.
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving infant's life, she will choose to save read more
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there is a man on base.
