Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rabbit Maranville

Nobody gets any fun out of baseball any more. I guess a kid's crazy not to be serious about it when he's drawing down $20,000 or $30,000 a year, and any smart-aleck gag you try may be your last. But what's life without a laugh?

Peter Wright

one of the top Metro baseball players over the past three seasons.

Tom DeLay

one of the weakest and most baseless indictments in American history.

Fay Vincent

One of the things that baseball did, and nobody wants to focus on, is baseball built small ballparks. They made it easy to hit home runs. Look at Houston; their left field is a joke. Baseball played to the home run as if it was the only great event in the game.

One of the things I talk about is the importance of having strong families in our state. It's the base of society. Strong families build the leaders of tomorrow. Strong families keep down the cost of government.

Jonathan Nolan

One of the things I love about working with my brother is that there's a commitment there - an unwavering commitment. From our basement in Illinois when I was three years old to Iceland on a frozen glacier with Matthew McConaughey and Matt Damon in spacesuits - there's a commitment to the pure spectacle, the pure cinema of it.

One of the things Bode is really exceptional at is bringing intensity to big events. They bring out his best. I think that's what you're going to see. He'll bring something special and extraordinary, based on what he's done in the past.

One inning she walked a couple batters and loaded the bases with one out. Then she struck out the next two. She was really it today.

(O'Neil) is not going to be defined by the fact that he didn't get into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Pat Riley

Obviously we're concerned about everybody's health, based on what happened last year. We've still got 19 games to play. You can't walk around on egg shells, but we do have to be conscious of the maintenance of these guys.

Obviously, we knew based on the team's success in 2005 that fans would be prepared to buy season tickets in order to secure the chance to buy postseason tickets in 2006. The support of the fans has been overwhelming.

Obviously, when there's a new government, we'll need to reassess our positions, based on the formation of that government and the composition of the government.

Ozzie Guillen

Obviously we've got to keep monitoring him and his playing time and how we are going to use him. I think this will be better for him because most of the time we are going to use him as the DH. In the National League he had to play first base and that is tougher for his body.

Ozzie Guillen

Obviously, we've got to keep monitoring him and his playing time and how we are going to use him. I think this will be better for him because most of the time we are going to use him as the DH. In the National League he had to play first base and that is tougher for his body.

Haley Barbour

Obviously, we regret the base closure commission's decision about Pascagoula, but it's no surprise. As we said when Pascagoula was first put on the list, all the naval vessels at Pascagoula either have been or are scheduled for decommissioning, and it's hard for the defense department to keep a naval base that doesn't have any ships.

Dan Wheldon

Obviously, Wrigley Field is similar to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in that it has that same mystique to it, ... I don't follow baseball too much, but I know how cool that stadium is and the history and heritage behind it.

Paul Westerberg

Oddly, when I started to make the record, I wasn't aware I was making a record. I just was sort of disgusted with the whole thing and sequestered myself in the basement and started playing the piano just for something to do.

Of course I was a little worried knowing how many points they had come back from and how dangerous they are. But we've been playing together for a while. Based on our past games, I knew we would come up on top.

Of all the unusual things my father did in baseball, ... my favorite hands down was the exploding scoreboard.

No one looked at that stuff. They didn't invest based on those documents. They wanted to invest in KL because everybody else was investing in KL. Why not get in?

No one looked at that stuff, ... They didn't invest based on those documents. They wanted to invest in KL because everybody else was investing in KL. Why not get in?

Larry Bowa

No, not at all. Whoever replaces Joe Torre has got their hands filled. He's probably been as good a manager as there's ever been in baseball for a long, long time. My thoughts right now are coaching third base for the Yankees in 2006.

One thing we wanted to focus on was the heart. That's the base of our pyramid, so it was probably the most rewarding thing because we can now build on that.

My concern is that we're growing, and we've got to try to establish some vision for where we want the city to go with the growth - and we've also got to try to strengthen up the bases from which we're beginning to grow. We've got to get the infrastructure sound. We've got to go back and pick up some of these things where we've regressed so that we can provide a vision, and we can work from a solid place.

Ryan Klesko

My defense at first base is good. I'm not like the typical first baseman who doesn't move well over there. Why do you think I get called the Pick Master?

Hideki Matsui

My decision was based on what's really most important. What do I prioritize? From that standpoint, this season and winning a championship was the most important thing. Especially this time of year, it's very important to prepare yourself.

My decision on how we go into the Honduras game is going to be based on the yellow card situation and the injury situation. We want to continue to improve and not just use the Honduras game as a nothing game. We want to get our players some more international experience and use the Honduras game to prepare for the semifinal.

(My Dad) told me, 'You have the chance to go to UMass and be a good kicker and a decent baseball player,' ... 'or you can play big-time Division I football, now pick.'

Eric Sogard

My dad played baseball and my uncle and pretty much everybody, so I was brought up early, at a young age, playing baseball.

Robert Stromberg

My dad was a low budget film director. I grew up as a kid making movies, based on the love of seeing what my dad was doing.

Muslims come from all political parties, ranging from the Bloc and the NDP (to) the Liberal party. They make up their minds based on what is good for Canada, not necessarily is good for the Canadian Islamic Congress.

Jerry Only

Music shouldn't be based around money or politics. Music should be a bunch of people that really do great songs together doing them together for the pursuit of having a good time.

More important is the opportunity to up-sell Comcast high-speed Internet access. You're getting this subscriber base to bring their own access, and Comcast can sell them cable-modem service pretty aggressively.