"I had a lot of fear that would motivate me to try to work hard, because I didn't know what I would do if I wasn't a baseball player."

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Source : "Master of the Knuckleball". Interview with Jeremy Stahl, www.slate.com. October 29, 2012.

R.A. Dickey

#Baseball Quotes #Hard Work Quotes #Player Quotes

“Each year, the The U.S. Army & its contractors SHOOT, STAB, MUTILATE, & KILL more than TEN THOUSAND live animals in cruel training exercises.”
“We have to cultivate contentment with what we have. We really don't need much. When you know this, the mind settles down. Cultivate generosity. Delight in giving. Learn to live lightly. In this way, we can begin to transform what is negative into what is positive. This is how we start to grow up.”
“From the political angle, I'm trying to be apolitical if you will. I mean people say, 'Are you a red state or blue state?', I say, 'I'm purple.' I think there are great ideas on both sides of the aisle and neither side has cornered the market.”
“Once the violence has ceased, the US should immediately call on the World Bank and other international institutions to convene a donors conference to rebuild Lebanon's shattered infrastructure.”
“Where there is devotional music, God is always at hand with His gracious presence.”
“Be king in your dreams. Make your vow that you will reach that position, with untarnished reputation, and make no other vow to distract your attention.”

Source : Andrew Carnegie (2007). “The Empire of Business”, p.4, Cosimo, Inc.
“Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponents mind.”
“When I'm manic, I'm so awake and alert, that my eyelashes fluttering on the pillow sound like thunder.”

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