"Statistics are about as interesting as first base coaches."

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Jim Bouton

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“I like to be surprised by life.”

Source : "Origin Series: Mad Men And The Walking Dead actor Josh McDermitt". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“Remember that failure is part of the process of successful running. Performance is a roller coaster; to think otherwise is irrational and will cause you much stress and discouragement. Lighten up on yourself. Ups and downs can beÂ expected. The performance of most serious runners fluctuates by the week. You win some, you lose some; some days you're hot, some days you're not. Don't fight with yourself when failure, the teacher, pays an unexpected visit. Open up to learning from it.”
“"You know you are seeing such a photograph if you say to yourself, "I could have taken that picture. I've seen such a scene before, but never like that." It is the kind of photography that relies for its strengths not on special equipment or effects but on the intensity of the photographer's seeing. It is the kind of photography in which the raw materials-light, space, and shape-are arranged in a meaningful and even universal way that gives grace to ordinary objects."”
“You work enough with someone and you develop a shorthand. You know how he likes to work through the day and he knows where you're vulnerable and where your weaknesses and strengths are, so it makes for a good team, a team that knows who's over there behind your back.”
“Grief is no more necessary when we understand death than fear is necessary when we understand flying.”
“Paris, true to its promise, had been a place of civilized indecencies, or uncivil decencies ...”
“If you improve or tinker with something long enough, eventually it will break or malfunction.”
“... Really get to know and establish relationships with your teammates because they are your new family and they will be the ones there for you when anything goes wrong.”

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