"The sooner I get into the Hall of Fame the better."

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"The sooner I get into the Hall of Fame the better."

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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, End, World, Years

"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, Successful, Fans, Spring

"Made it through high school, went to the University of Minnesota."

School, University

"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, Cards, Name

"The sooner I get into the Hall of Fame the better."

Fame,

"You have to be like a clock spring, wound but not loose at the same time."

Time, Spring

"You know, many of you kids can't relate to what it takes to get to the top rung, the top of the heap, to have success. We're looking for things that come in a minute. It just doesn't happen."

Success, Kids

"The people like the American Legion Post that gave us a chance to play. A place to play and a chance to play."

People, Chance, Play

"I am truly sorry that a fowl of Canada is no longer with us."

Loss, Canada

"Now it's on to May, and you know about me and May."

Prediction, May, Now

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"The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death."

Blaise Pascal, French Philosopher

Fame, Death, Charm

"Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous."

Lucius Accius, Italian Poet

Fame, Famous, Man

"Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud."

W. H. Auden, English Poet

Fame, Writer

"Nevertheless there are certain peaks, canons, and clear meadow spaces which are above all compassing of words, and have a certain fame as of the nobly great to whom we give no familiar names."

Mary Austin, American Writer

Fame, Names, Words

"Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

Fame, Light

"Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

Fame, Fire, May, Will

"If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it's the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past."

Bodhidharma, Indian Leader

Fame, Fortune, Past, Reward

"A sign of celebrity is that his name is often worth more than his services."

Daniel J. Boorstin, American Historian

Fame, Celebrity, Name, Worth

"The celebrity is a person who is known for his well-knownness."

Daniel J. Boorstin, American Historian

Fame, Celebrity

"All your youth you want to have your greatness taken for granted; when you find it taken for granted, you are unnerved."

Elizabeth Bowen, Irish Novelist

Fame, Greatness, Want, Youth