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"People who think they know what they are talking about when they talk about baseball include the announcers and all of the sports press - no matter how much evidence you present them to the contrary they will continue to think that what they think is right."
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"You play. You win. You play. You lose. You play."
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"Manny has swung with many men, but many men never seen Manny's blissful swing."
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"I am sure our athletes will win hearts of the world and will show the world what India is all about."
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"A Stander-by is often a better judge of the game than those that play."
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"When healthy competition prevails -- you come out to play and you play to win."
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"The plays and sports of children are as salutary to them as labor and work are to grown persons."
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"True sportsmanship is excellence in motion!"
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"You play to win, to get that World Series ring, All-Star games and whatever comes with it."
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"I was a lousy hitter in May doing the same things that made me a great hitter in June."
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"We're not doing outrageous fashion; I make sports clothes that are relatively conservative, clothes that everyone wears."
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"You want the book to be special, and they are not always going to be special, but at least you want that to be the ambition. So the only way that happens is if you are not pressing to write a book."
Ambition
"The sentimentality of baseball is very deeply rooted in the American baseball fan. It is the one sport that is transmitted from fathers to sons."
American
"If you had to point to one thing that made it less likely that the Red Sox would win the World Series, I would say it was those people that go to Fenway Park to watch the games. And then the media around it."
People
"There are several insights at the heart of the A's system that I think are wonderful for baseball. One, that it's a team game. That no one player is going to make that much of a difference to your team, so for god's sake don't go blow a quarter of your budget on one guy."
God
"The sports world is an echo chamber. All it takes is one quote from a general manager and a thousand sports columns bloom."
Sports
"The Red Sox are a curious thing because so much here is media driven. You can't go fire half your scouts here because they are all friends with the local reporters. Your life is going to hell in the papers."
Life
"In Japan, mothers insist on achievement and accomplishment as a sign of love and respect. Thus to fail places children in a highly shamed situation."
Love
"The Oakland clubhouse is a wonderful place. A lot of these guys feel like rejects. They were rejects and they feel - they can tell you how baseball screwed up."
Baseball
"Baseball is this intense subculture that actually doesn't speak very much for the larger culture."
Baseball
"I think that fans are always looking for someone to blame. Wouldn't it be nice if they looked in the mirror?"
Blame
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