"I think my top salary was maybe in 1966. I made $17,000 and 11 of that came from selling other players' equipment."

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Source : Bill Schroeder, Drew Olson, Craig Counsell, Bob Uecker (2016). “If These Walls Could Talk: Milwaukee Brewers: Stories from the Milwaukee Brewers Dugout, Locker Room, and Press Box”, p.46, Triumph Books

Bob Uecker

#Player Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Salary Quotes

“Truly successful decision-making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking.”
“An unusual sensation possesses my breast - a sensation which I once thought could never pervade it on any occasion whatever. It is pleasure, pleasure, my dear Lucy, on leaving my paternal roof.”

Source : William Wells Brown, Hannah Webster Foster (1996). “The Power of Sympathy and The Coquette”, p.107, Penguin
“I don't need any more awards.”
“Republicans let this happen over and over, and there is never anyone to stick up for them. They spend too much time defending themselves.”
“I don't mess around with the men in the coven, especially my Shadowblades," she said with quiet finality. Flirting was one thing but anything more, it was a mistake of epic proportions. His eyes narrowed and he gave a slow shake of his head. "That is all right then. Because I want so much more than just to mess around.”
“You're always fascinated by what you do, and how other people look at it.”
“Every single country that has an auto industry is stepping forward to help that auto industry. Why wouldn't we help this industry too, because it needs 3.5 million jobs.”
“Lobbying is not a bad thing. I'm not trying to say that we shouldn't have lobbyists or we shouldn't have lobbying to petition our government. It's in the Constitution, and it's something that should be honorable and good.”

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