"I was in good control of my body, and I kept my head still."

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"I was in good control of my body, and I kept my head still."

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"What I hate is the thought of being under a man's thumb," I had told Doctor Nolan. "A man doesn't have a worry in the world, while I've got a baby hanging over my head like a big stick, to keep me in line."

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"We don't do what we want to, we do what we are allowed to."

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"One year they asked me to be poster boy - for birth control."

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"That's why I'm really trying to produce my own stuff. This film was so good, because I produced it myself, and developed it, and made it with New Line, which is a smaller studio, so I was in control of a lot of stuff that I wasn't in control of for my other films."

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"It's essential to distinguish between events that are really beyond your control and events you caused yourself."

Barbara Sher, American Businessman

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"For me, as a beginning novelist, all other living writers form a control group for whom the world is a placebo."

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"Try to control your anger before it burns your life."

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"Action is within your control, while Emotion is beyond your control!"

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Explore more quotes by Dennis Eckersley

"I always had the attitude that I wanted to throw a no-hitter every game."

Attitude

"That first year in Chicago was one of the most memorable in my career. Getting traded rejuvenated me, and I had something to prove. I wanted to show them what I could do."

Career

"I can't recall too much about pitching, but I do remember that I was anxious to get it over with. I just wanted to get that first game over with and go from there."

Recall

"But through experience I learned to control my body and locate the ball."

Experience

"It took me a few years to realize that throwing harder wasn't always better."

Pitching

"Tony knew me both as an athlete and as a person. He cared for me like a father."

Family

"I was a starter and did some good things there, and then I got a chance to prove myself as a closer. Because of that opportunity, I was blessed with the honor of being elected to the Hall of Fame."

Opportunity

"Pitching... sometimes I did so poorly, it brought me to tears."

Performance

"But more important than personal awards is winning the World Series. That's the max that anyone could ask for. Let alone to have the ball in your in your glove for the final out of the World Series. That was the ultimate."

Winning

"I'm proud of the fact that I pitched almost 3,300 innings."

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