John Kruk famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I would think I drive most hitting coaches crazy. During one single at-bat I used six different stances on six pitches. Oh yeah, I also struck out. So what do I know?
-- John Kruk

#Baseball #Crazy #Thinking
I'm not an athlete. I'm a professional baseball player.
-- John Kruk

#Baseball #Athlete #Player
If you're playing for the Kansas City Royals about all you can do is beat your head against the wall.
-- John Kruk

#Wall #Cities #Kansas City
My wife told me I'm not as disgusting to her as I used to be.
-- John Kruk

#Wife #Used #My Wife
Too many managers manage by what the postgame press conference is going to be.
-- John Kruk

#Conferences #Manage
You hear players, media people, say that it's tough to play in Philly in front of these fans, to those people I say: you didn't have the guts to succeed here!
-- John Kruk

#Player #Media #People
Im not an Athlete, Im a ballplayer
-- John Kruk

#Athlete
I try to dumb down out there. They tell you to stay within yourself, so that's what I do. Mentally, I'm not gonna out-think myself too often.
-- John Kruk

#Thinking #Dumb #Trying

Baseball has the largest library of law and love and custom and ritual, and therefore, in a nation that fundamentally believes it is a nation under law, well, baseball is America's most privileged version of the level field.
If a boxer ever went as crazy as Nijinsky all the wowsers in the world would be screaming 'punch-drunk.' Well, who hit Nijinsky? And why isn't there a campaign against ballet? It gives girls thick legs
I once jokingly told someone that every book is like a relationship. They're four or five years long - that's not so bad. They're serious. They demand a lot of attention. But I remember thinking that I wanted to have one with someone who's not so crazy and peculiar and demanding.
I have a really great family, and when Im not filming, I go home and walk the dogs, take out the garbage, clean my room, all that stuff. My family and my friends keep me in line, and make sure I dont get crazy.
Once I even took the train to Utrecht, forty miles from Amsterdam, with my yellow star, this star which I still have. Why did I go? I just wanted to visit some friends. I was a little bit crazy, a little bit insane.
I listen to crazy, robust rock music where they sing their faces off, and soul music, which can be similar.
The interesting adults are always the school failures, the weird ones, the losers, the malcontents, this isnâ€™t wishful thinking. Itâ€™s the rule.
Americans think the only funny Brits are John Cleese, Benny Hill and whoever makes our toothpaste. They're not laughing with us, they are laughing at us.
A quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business.
My goal has been to encourage jointness, to push people to think of affiliations rather than to operate as solo entrepreneurs.

John Kruk famous quotes

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