Robin Roberts
Robin Roberts
Robin Evan Robertswas a Major League Baseball starting pitcher who pitched primarily for the Philadelphia Phillies. He spent the latter part of his career with the Baltimore Orioles, Houston Astros, and Chicago Cubs. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1976...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth30 September 1926
CountryUnited States of America
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I'm speechless. To work for a company like Disney that believes in community and came up with the idea and saying, 'We want to donate to the Boys and Girls Club of the Gulf Coast.' Knowing it's very important to many people here, my family included, since we helped start the one in the Pass. And a million and half dollars is gonna go a long way. It's a nice start, great start.
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With Pete's book and admitting all the things that a lot of people didn't know he had done - they really believed he hadn't bet on baseball - I think that kind of upset a lot of people that were rooting hard for Pete, ... The fact that he did bet on it, and what he was accused of he did, didn't contribute much to his possibility of getting voted in.
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I cannot believe how fine I am with being bald.
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There are those of us who believe out of that faith tradition that God never puts more on us than we can bear, and yet there are times, I think, particularly given what you were up against, that we have to question whether or not we have the capacity, the ability, the wherewithal, to actually endure it.
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It takes courage to believe the best is yet to come!
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I’m grateful I had the strength to fight. It takes courage to believe the best is yet to come, especially when you are flat on your back and don’t know if you’re going to see tomorrow. I’m no Pollyanna, but I believe optimism is a choice — a muscle that gets stronger with use. Right foot, left foot…just keep moving.
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I feel it’s okay to get angry with God. He can take it. Just don’t stay angry. It takes courage to believe that the best is yet to come. I hold steadfast to that belief, especially when I come face-to-face with adversity.
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It was almost like walking into a department store that had been left alone for decades,
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There is no doubt that someone who tries to throw a curve or pitch at any early age before he's developed, before his hand is big enough to grip the ball correctly, will damage his arm.
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I never slept when I lost. I'd see the sun come up without ever having closed my eyes. I'd see those base hits over and over and they would drive me crazy.
Now I don't put things in the boxes anymore. I'm just focusing on right now.
I've still got it. I refuse to lose.
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It is something that is called MDS. It is a rare blood disorder that affects the bone marrow. I'm going to beat this. My doctors say it and my faith says it.
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My feeling is that when you're managing a baseball team, you have to pick the right people to play and then pray a lot.