"The difference between the old ballplayer and the new ballplayer is the jersey. The old ballplayer cared about the name on the front. The new ballplayer cares about the name on the back."

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Source : "There's No I in Team, But Me Plays a Big Role" by Tom Gerdy, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 19, 2012.

Steve Garvey

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“People are mysterious, even to themselves.”

Source : Frank Lentricchia (2011). “The Sadness of Antonioni”, p.142, SUNY Press
“Actually I do support a charity, DefendersofWildLife.org. They help protect endangered species.”
“We each have our hiding places and we each put up with the little quirks of the people we love.”
“It just seems silly to me that something so right and simple has to be fought for at all.”

Source : "Majestic Presence". www.thehindu.com. June 20, 2003.
“Remember that no piece of honestly conducted research is ever wasted, even if it seems so at the time. Put it away in a drawer, and ten, twenty or thirty years down the road, it will come back and help you in ways you never anticipated.”

Source : Speech at the Nobel Banquet, www.nobelprize.org. December 10, 2003.
“People who cannot respect others for their good qualities - people who only look at the bad in others - are no good themselves. By looking at only the bad points, you open yourself up, and in a real encounter, will most probably be killed.”
“My garden, with its silence and pulses of fragrance that come and go on the airy undulations, affects me like sweet music. Care stops at the gates, and gazes at me wistfully through the bars.”
“You had to know how to fight or you had to know how to avoid a fight. I didn't enjoy fighting, so I learned how to avoid them.”

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