"When I gave up a grand slam to Pete LaCock, I knew it was time to quit."

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Bob Gibson

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“Who is left in the ghetto is the one man in a thousand in any age, in any culture, who through some mysterious workings of force within his soul will stand in defiance against any master. He is that one human in a thousand whose indomitable spirit will not bow. He is the one man in a thousand whose indomitable spirit cannot bow. He is the one man in a thousand who will not walk quietly to Umschlagplatz. Watch out for him, Alfred Funk, we have pushed him to the wall.”
“The smallness of our desires may contribute reasonably to our wealth.”
“I liked it when there was a certain amount of people who did not like what I was doing. If anything, I thought that was a positive thing.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“There's a special part of Messi's brain allowing him to see the split-second chaos of football in his own personal super slow motion.”

Source : "Time flies: Lionel Messi marks 10th anniversary of his Barcelona debut". m.espn.com. October 14, 2014.
“For the little that one has reflected on the origin of our knowledge, it is easy to perceive that we can acquire it only by means of comparison. That which is absolutely incomparable is wholly incomprehensible. God is the only example that we could give here. He cannot be comprehended, because he cannot be compared. But all which is susceptible of comparison, everything that we can perceive by different aspects, all that we can consider relatively, can always be judged according to our knowledge.”
“Not everyone is meant to stay forever.”
“You don't make a poem with ideas, but with words.”
“In every crisis there is a message....”

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