"The first year was weird. I knew I was just there to talk to pitchers and not step on any toes. I could feel my adrenaline start to flow in about the sixth inning. I had to tell myself, "What the hell are you getting excited about? You're not going anywere, big boy. Just go sign some autographs." I was still programmed."

-- Goose Gossage

#Boys Quotes #Yankees Quotes #Years Quotes

“Images have enormous power, and images freed from deep within ourselves can change us profoundly.”

Source : Alice McCall (2009). “Wellness Wisdom”, p.21, Alice McCall
“I'm a bit of a perfectionist, but you have to know you're going to make mistakes. It's how you respond to those mistakes that counts.”
“There is the old catch-22 line that a mentally unstable person can't know, as per their illness, that they are unstable. But that was wrong. You can and do have the insight to see your own crazy.”
“I believe we need heroes...we need certain people who we can measure our own shortcomings by.”
“Throughout Ronnie's presidency, there was an ongoing public discussion as to how much influence the first lady should have on the president. It's hardly a new problem. As long as mankind has lived in groups, there's always been a question of how to handle the boss's wife.”
“Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.”
“Great art changes you.”
“When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it's like giving them emotional oxygen.”

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