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"Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the flowers that are strewed over our grave, may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead."
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"People keep telling me that I'm a legend in Merthyr and a legend in many other places. Here's my understanding on that, what's a legend? I don't really know what a legend is, I don't even know the word. I'm not a King Arthur reincarnate either. I might be one of the Round Table, but I'm not King Arthur."
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"The glory of fame isn't in having so many people know you, but in having so many people know you care. Otherwise, it's like being drawn to a fire to find no warmth."
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"Being rich or famous is the only profound thing that some people have ever said."
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"Most sane human beings who have managed to attain and retain fame each uses it to dramatically increase their name's chances of being remembered until Jesus comes back, since their heart cannot do what they consciously or unconsciously lust for, that is to say, for it to beat until Jesus returns."
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"Though you can get smart from reading everything that a smart person writes, you cannot get famous from reading about everything that a famous person does or is said to have done."
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"A model's opinion seldom matters. The only time that he is required to open his mouth is when he is required to smile at the camera."
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"Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty pride to the great names of antiquity."
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"Back then: to be regarded as well-known, one had to be great. Today: to be regarded as great, one has to be well-known."
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"I don't think about being famous, really. Being an author, I don't generally get stopped as I walk down the street. It's not like being a movie star."
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"And then 45 years later, as I finished my career in the great city of Cleveland, that was another great way to end my career, going to the World Series."
Career
"People I look to: again, Hank Aaron, man you challenged the status quo and the records of the game. Monumental feats in an era where people didn't like that."
People
"Everyone has a breaking point, turning point, stress point, the game is permeated with it. The fans don't see it because we make it look so efficient. But internally, for a guy to be successful, you have to be like a clock spring, wound but not loose at the same time."
Time
"You know, heroes are ordinary people that have achieved extraordinary things in life."
Life
"I am truly sorry that a fowl of Canada is no longer with us."
Loss
"You have to be like a clock spring, wound but not loose at the same time."
Time
"The sooner I get into the Hall of Fame the better."
Fame
"Now it's on to May, and you know about me and May."
Prediction
"The people like the American Legion Post that gave us a chance to play. A place to play and a chance to play."
People
"There is no way, believe me, despite my name being Winfield, and loving the game dearly. It wasn't in the cards. I didn't know what it was going to take to get here."
Being
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