Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Eastman

Our 2005 season was excellent. Several of our teams excelled in post season play, including winning the state of Nevada title in the Babe Ruth division.

Casey Stengel

I want to thank my parents for letting me play baseball. I'm thankful I had baseball knuckles and couldn't become a dentist...I got $2,100 a year when I started in the big league, and they get more money now. ...I chased the balls that Babe Ruth hit.

William Garrison

I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject, I do not wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation. No! no! Tell a man whose house is on fire, to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hand of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen; -- but urge me not to use moderation in a cause like the present. I am in earnest -- I will not equivocate -- I will not excuse -- I will not retreat a single inch -- AND I WILL BE HEARD.

Bobby Crosby

It feels like I'm hitting in front of Babe Ruth. It's impressive.

Tom Reilly

Junior Babe Ruth is what you went into after Little League. It was pretty much the bridge from Little League to high school.

Rich Aurilia

He could have Babe Ruth hitting behind him, ... and they'd still walk him.

Omar Vizquel

I think it's because of the controversy that's been around Barry lately and also because Babe is an icon in baseball and America. There's a lot of things involved.

Al Lopez

I don't think he thought there were any players today that were better than Babe Ruth, the old-timers he played with,

Sam Allen

If it wasn't for the person we are here to honor today, Babe Ruth Baseball would not be what it is in Lebanon, Missouri, ... Glenn Drake Field.

Buddy Gouldsmith

Part of the reason that we scheduled them ... was to excite people in our community about college baseball. I think people are excited about it, and I think we've got a chance to have a great crowd and gain a lot of community support.

Bruce Bochy

Our objective is to get to the playoffs and play good baseball. We'll figure that out once that happens.

Brian Coleman

Our media strategy was twofold: target both the college & minor league baseball fan through strategic baseball partnerships with Rawlings, Easton etc; as well, we invested significantly behind online media to target the baseball gamer and baseball fan.

Frederich Cepeda

Our message is already out there from our international competitions. I think we showed people that baseball is spoken here, baseball and nothing else.

Jamey Wright

People need to recognize that this is one of the greatest players, if not the greatest baseball player ever. We should cherish the last year or two years or 20 days we have him. I enjoy watching him play.

Larry Hartzell

Stadiums started to paint seats red, white and blue. And instead of advertisements on the outfield walls, there were now recruitment signs for the service. You couldn't help but notice all of the patriotism around the country at baseball games.

Brian Sabean

Spring training was a long time ago. He could be starting from ground zero as far as the baseball activities.

Josh Beckett

Spring Training is just a fun time. I really don't know how to explain it. Everyone's got new jokes and everyone is having fun with each other. You get to have your cake and eat it, too. You get to have a life. During the regular season, you don't because it's all day long -- baseball is at the end of the day. But here it's at the beginning of the day and then, with me, I'm going to go out and play golf every day for the next six weeks.

Conor Jackson

Spring Training doesn't go on the back of your baseball card, but this is one of my plans for the year ... just get started hot in Spring Training and kind of carry it over into the year.

Steve Alford

I think he was mad at me for the four minutes he sat. But he practices this hard. You should have seen Monday's practice; he was on the floor right away. A lot of other guys would have been hesitant with the injury that he had. But he was ready to play the Drake game. That's just who Jeff is.

Brian Brown

I think it's great exposure for the Drake Relays throughout the state. Particularly for those (people) who can't get to Des Moines.

Jennifer James

More than anything, this will be a time to celebrate. The Drake neighborhood is really hitting its stride these days.

Conor Maynard

I would probably work with Drake as he is massively inspirational to me as a writer as well as an artist. If not him, then Susan Boyle!

H. Hunt

We have had five players the whole season, so getting Drake back was huge. The fact that she was able to come back and win her first match was way more than we expected.

Lexi Thompson

I like upbeat songs, and I listen to a lot of Linkin Park and Green Day. I also like hip hop and R&B artists such as Drake and Rihanna.

John Sletten

I've said it before that the Drake Relays are not the end of the world. It's a fun weekend for the kids, but we don't put that much emphasis on it. The kids get to go down and rub shoulders with the big time and run at the Drake facility. They're looking forward to it.

Tom Davies

I share with my team that there are many people who feel this is as good a team as Drake has had in the last 20 years. I don't know for sure, but it's a thought. I don't think the players understand how far they've come.

Jaquan Bray

Last year, I didn't do much scoring, because we had people like Leonard, Sean Glenn and J.P, but I knew those guys would be gone this year and I had to step it up.

Steve Finley

Glenn has so much will power. That's just one reason he's such a good guy to have on your team.

Patti Smith

I work to Glenn Gould in the morning and go to sleep listening to Parsifal.

Tina Brown

Glenn Beck is Rush redux - Limbaugh with liposuction, partying like it's still 1993.

Thomas Watson, Jr.

I've got to be careful what I say but Glenn Mulcaire was a blagger and a phone hacker.

Ricky Ponting

We're going to need some experienced guys back in the Test side if Glenn doesn't come back, so I'm sure their names will be at the top of the list.

Jeff Stoughton

I hope Glenn wins it. We're good buddies. They played well. He's never won it as a skip and the team has never won it.

Curt Schilling

Steroids is cheating, and winning without honor is not winning.

Wendee Saintsing

Some of the teams won two games, and Anderson's kids put up some pretty big numbers. I'm proud of her for getting the honor again.

Bill Sienkiewicz

Cartooning is an honorable thing

Dianne Jones

It is a pleasure to work with Harvey. I think it is an honor to be represented by such professional employees.

Andrew Park

It is an honor to go to the same school as him.

Carlos Santana

It is an honor to be here and to be of service with our music.

Michael O'Leary

It is being done in honor of St. Patrick. It's not as though I'm having something I would normally have. It's a special thing.

O. J. Simpson

That would be an honor for me. I'm a Texas girl, so you can't go wrong there.

Scot Shields

I was pumped. It is an honor to be on the same team with the rest of those players.

Jeff Sessions

Let me tell you why I wouldn't vote for Ruth Bader Ginsburg,

Val McDermid

I said to Ruth Rendell, 'When you've written as many books as you have, it's easier.' She said, 'No dear, it gets harder'.

Tony Lazzeri

They didn't get along. Gehrig thought Ruth was a big-mouth, and Ruth thought Gehrig was cheap. They were both right.

Orson Scott Card

'I could kill you like this,' Peter whispered. 'Just press and press until you're dead'.

R. Robinson

We have got be more ruthless in our approach,

Tamika Catchings

We got killed on the boards, Cheryl Ford, Ruth (Riley), Plenette (Pierson), Swin (Cash) everyone killed us on the boards.

Billy Graham

End of Construction. Thank you 'for your patience. " Inscription on Ruth Bell Graham's grave -- inspired hy a road sign she saw.

David Letterman

Tim Tebow has been on the bench longer than Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Dodie Smith

Truthfulness so often goes with ruthlessness.