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When I managed in the minor leagues, I think I learned that,
CHARLIE MANUEL I was a little nothing. My brother Kurt was a lot older. Mark had three years on me. They were all b...
AL LEITER We have a young rotation and I worked with a lot of those guys in the minor leagues and caught a lot...
RYAN DOUMIT He still has to work on his location. You can't leave pitches high in the zone in the major leagues....
LORENZO BUNDY (Harang) helped by botching up the first two pitches. Then, I was going for the strikeout. I felt go...
KYLE DAVIES![]()
Last year was kind of the triple-A (minor leagues). We're ready for the big time.
CARSON DALY A lot of times you've got teams that worry about what's going on up top. They don't worry about what...
GEOFF PETERS I have to continue to try to hit all of my spots. Also I need to work on all of the things that I le...
LIZ DERING Those young players act like they've been in the big leagues for a long time, ... They play like the...
ODALIS PEREZ I'm making strides. It's a faster game here so I've taken a couple of lumps but I'm working through ...
JUSTIN HUBER We came out earlier today and they all just kept looking around and I was doing the same thing. We h...
JOE CUNNINGHAM I think I've learned over the last couple of years a little bit better which way to prepare. I think...
BRIAN DAUBACH![]()
I keep a lot of things inside. I don't like showing too much emotion. Early in the minor leagues...
VERNON WELLS![]()
Everybody in the minor leagues - if you're a player, an announcer, whatever - wants to be in the...
ERNIE HARWELL I feel real excited. It was my best night. I'm starting to show what I can do. I worked in the minor...
FERNANDO NIEVE They can come in and post their name on a bulletin board. Then I can match them up with the leagues ...
LARRY GRAHAM I was so proud I could finish my career in the big leagues with the Braves.
ANDY PAFKO![]()
I had trouble with my temper all the way through the minor leagues.
CAL RIPKEN, JR. I'm here for one reason. I want to play in the big leagues. I want to play every day.
HANLEY RAMIREZ I played with him two years in the minor leagues. He always was a good hitter. Always, man.
JOSE REYES![]()
My dad was part of the Oriole way. I think he was there 14 years in the minor leagues; I think seven...
CAL RIPKEN, JR. They had just been named the worst organization in all the minor leagues by Baseball America . I was...
DOUG BREI I still do work on my cars, but not nearly as much as I did last year, ... Last year I was almost do...
JOSH WISE![]()
I really learned that, when I got into television, I really learned the power, how deeply it affects...
WINNIE HOLZMAN Nobody expected him to be here when he came up, but I think it's done wonders for him. [But] I don't...
JOHN GIBBONS Any time you're in the coaching business or managing in the minor leagues, when you see a player...
RYNE SANDBERG Obviously if I was in another lineup, I'd probably not be the cleanup hitter. So for me, personally,...
MIKE JACOBS One thing I've been focused on was my changeup. I got drafted on my curve, but I'm going to get to t...
LANCE BROADWAY It makes me mad that I missed so much time. I never had any big injuries in the minor leagues. I tho...
JOSE CASTILLO One of the things I learned, one of the strangest things, is how to think. There was nothing else to...
ABRAHAM PAIS We spent a lot of time on communicating with one another, getting a feel for one another, and unders...
JEFF PENTLAND If they end up doing that, it could possibly lead to good things immediately, but in the long run, y...
BRAD MYERS My first year in the big leagues, I made $17,000. It was easy to go out and get another $17,000 reli...
BRUCE SUTTER I think the leagues help a lot and it will show in the season. In the leagues you get to feel out ho...
LIZ DERING One of the things I learned, one of the strangest things, is how to think. There was nothing else to...
ABRAHAM PAIS I enjoyed hitting in the Major Leagues more than in the Minor Leagues. I didn't want to tell any...
WILLIE MCCOVEY I think I learned a lot throughout the year. I felt more comfortable at the plate and with big leagu...
MARK TEAHEN I definitely can see him playing in the big leagues. It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when.
GORD ASH I learned so many different things while studying for the quiz. I focused on art and learned a lot o...
DANNA MAYLATH![]()
One of the things I learned from working on the Olympics was, the world does not need another big mu...
LAURIE ANDERSON It's like a rookie that's playing in the minor leagues that gets into the big league ? the big show ...
JAMES RHODES I know what to expect. I got the butterflies out last year. Now I can go back to playing baseball li...
JASON BARTLETT When there were just eight teams in each of the big leagues, I was always told, 'It's hard t...
RED SCHOENDIENST Whatever role they need me in, I'll be open to do it. I'm not going to complain about it. I'm in the...
ALEX CINTRON My first year in the big leagues was when he was with the Mariners. He's one of the game's greatest ...
COREY KOSKIE![]()
I actually think the wins in the minor leagues are more meaningful. You're developing prospects.
TONY LA RUSSA My mind frame is that I'm going to break (camp) with the team and contribute to the team like I know...
EDWIN JACKSON I guess that's part of it, the first time in the big leagues, just getting caught up in it instead o...
CHRIS BOOKER i know im not the girl you wanted. not the one you want to hear from. but what you see is what you g...
SIMI GREWAL That was a very aha moment. It was, 'I'm in the big leagues.'
RYAN HOWARD I had a chance and things didn't work out, but I'm excited to be back. They couldn't get me a spot i...
JASON PRIDIE I've come a long way since the first day I showed up here. Anything can happen. We'll find out in a ...
DAN UGGLA I've heard it said that we are the first generation to have the ability to turn the Titanic around, ...
RUTHERFORD SEYDEL I started the season at [Class A] Myrtle Beach, so I definitely wasn't thinking about the big league...
CHUCK JAMES There are a lot of players with the Pirates who were in the minor leagues just a couple years ago. I...
NEIL WALKER I´ve learned about being able to accept myself with diabetes, and I´ve learned a lot about the di...
CHELSEA JOHNSON I was a contact hitter my whole career but I learned how to handle the ball inside. And Ted Williams...
TONY GWYNN We've got 10 game dates left [in Arizona], so we have to start extending our players. With the other...
ALLARD BAIRD I got interested in the 8th Texas when I learned there was a captain with my name in the unit. We've...
TOM HEWITT I got to play with the big guys, the Wrecking Crew. They just blew me away. I learned a lot of stuff...
GLEN CAMPBELL![]()
I've learned the hard way how valuable privacy is. And I've learned that there are a lot of ...
ASHTON KUTCHER That's amazing. That proves that Venezuela has a lot of players good enough to be in the Major Leagu...
CARLOS ZAMBRANO I might make a couple of early trips (with the Reds), and then in September. But I think from April ...
WAYNE KRIVSKY I love working with the Farrelly brothers. I'm a big fan and feel very lucky to have gotten to w...
CARLY CRAIG I've loved soccer all my life. I've seen many leagues in Houston, and now I get to come home and see...
JUAN FLORES I feel like I?m a big-league guy right now. It?s different from last year. I knew I had to do too ma...
FRANKLIN GUTIERREZ All the women in my family are very dramatic by themselves. They make the biggest things out of noth...
JACOB BATALON They love it. They come back. I'll touch base with them either when the first come back or the next ...
PRINCIPAL THERESA WEIDENBAUGH It was better for me to transfer here with everything I learned. I feel free here; I'm doing my thin...
LAECHIA CONLEY![]()
I owe a lot to those three men for helping me become the coach I am today. So much of my coaching ph...
MICHAEL JACKSON I told the kids that those losses would make us tougher in the long run. Records don't mean anything...
BUDDY MATTHEWS I learned a lot of things from Robinson last year, and one of the biggest things I learned was his l...
ANTHONY MORELLI I had worked with everyone I admired and learned a lot from them, but in 1997 I just decided that it...
CELSO FONSECA A guy in Triple-A is one step up, so if one of my players gets a base hit off a guy the big leagues ...
RICH ALDAY I like being able to share the stuff I've learned. I really enjoy the practices, taking players asid...
LAURA SEEGER It's almost like already being in the major leagues here. They even clean you spikes for you. High s...
KALIN DREYER Someone said to me that [the Presidents Cup] was making my job a lot easier, and in a way he was rig...
TOM LEHMAN But, yes, I learned everything working in theater. I learned the importance of community - I was con...
ELIZABETH MERIWETHER At that point in my career, I didn't have an appreciation how difficult the transition is for young ...
MARK SHAPIRO When I look at it individually, I think it's a natural progression -- coaching first base for the la...
DEMARLO HALE I first saw Kelly when he was catching for Baylor, and I was the pitching coach at Oklahoma State. Y...
JOHN FARRELL It was an important game for me. I think it proved I could be starter in the big leagues and it prov...
SCOTT DOWNS Another thing that was unique about working on this stuff was that I was engineering it. I used many...
LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM This season was a rollercoaster. I can't fault the guys' effort because they came and gave everythin...
ADAM SADLER I was interested in telescopes and the way they worked because I had an intense desire to see what t...
CLYDE TOMBAUGH This is a dream for me. I wasn't expecting to be called up to the big leagues.
DAN JOHNSON For a guy like myself, I know there's plenty of room for me to improve and there are a lot of things...
DAMON HOLLINS He is slowing the game down instead of having to hurry up and do things. He's comfortable. He caught...
SMOKE LAVAL![]()
What I think I learned from working on 'Moonlight' is you see what happens when you persecut...
MAHERSHALA ALI Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. But to be able to trick people year in and year ou...
BOB UECKER It's been great learning different things. I learned a lot from coach, and with this being my last y...
MARAH GUZMAN Branch Rickey signed Jackie Robinson in 1945 and he went to the minor leagues and then to Montreal i...
LARRY HARTZELL In the European leagues, you play a lot of international tournaments, so you see some players quite ...
DANIEL CLARK The guy jumped four feet for that ball. I thought for sure it was over his head. I guarantee you may...
WES HELMS I looked up to my father when I was 7 and 8. I believed it was my calling to be in the big leagues. ...
BARRY ZITO One thing I learned is that you're not alone. A lot of people have gone through getting fired. Anoth...
JACK EDWARDS From what I've seen, I think this kid could be pitching in September in the big leagues. He's that t...
RAMON WEBSTER I want to work hard and let them know I'm ready. I want to be in the big leagues, hopefully.
ANGEL GUZMAN I think so. But Darren also taught me a lot. Him being a Pro Bowl player and being to the top of the...
MARK ROMAN Things seem to be falling into place. We have a really good staff. There are a lot of guys here who ...
JOSH HALL
CHARLIE MANUEL I was a little nothing. My brother Kurt was a lot older. Mark had three years on me. They were all b...
AL LEITER We have a young rotation and I worked with a lot of those guys in the minor leagues and caught a lot...
RYAN DOUMIT He still has to work on his location. You can't leave pitches high in the zone in the major leagues....
LORENZO BUNDY (Harang) helped by botching up the first two pitches. Then, I was going for the strikeout. I felt go...
KYLE DAVIES
Last year was kind of the triple-A (minor leagues). We're ready for the big time. CARSON DALY A lot of times you've got teams that worry about what's going on up top. They don't worry about what...
GEOFF PETERS I have to continue to try to hit all of my spots. Also I need to work on all of the things that I le...
LIZ DERING Those young players act like they've been in the big leagues for a long time, ... They play like the...
ODALIS PEREZ I'm making strides. It's a faster game here so I've taken a couple of lumps but I'm working through ...
JUSTIN HUBER We came out earlier today and they all just kept looking around and I was doing the same thing. We h...
JOE CUNNINGHAM I think I've learned over the last couple of years a little bit better which way to prepare. I think...
BRIAN DAUBACH
I keep a lot of things inside. I don't like showing too much emotion. Early in the minor leagues... VERNON WELLS
Everybody in the minor leagues - if you're a player, an announcer, whatever - wants to be in the... ERNIE HARWELL I feel real excited. It was my best night. I'm starting to show what I can do. I worked in the minor...
FERNANDO NIEVE They can come in and post their name on a bulletin board. Then I can match them up with the leagues ...
LARRY GRAHAM I was so proud I could finish my career in the big leagues with the Braves.
ANDY PAFKO
I had trouble with my temper all the way through the minor leagues. CAL RIPKEN, JR. I'm here for one reason. I want to play in the big leagues. I want to play every day.
HANLEY RAMIREZ I played with him two years in the minor leagues. He always was a good hitter. Always, man.
JOSE REYES
My dad was part of the Oriole way. I think he was there 14 years in the minor leagues; I think seven... CAL RIPKEN, JR. They had just been named the worst organization in all the minor leagues by Baseball America . I was...
DOUG BREI I still do work on my cars, but not nearly as much as I did last year, ... Last year I was almost do...
JOSH WISE
I really learned that, when I got into television, I really learned the power, how deeply it affects... WINNIE HOLZMAN Nobody expected him to be here when he came up, but I think it's done wonders for him. [But] I don't...
JOHN GIBBONS Any time you're in the coaching business or managing in the minor leagues, when you see a player...
RYNE SANDBERG Obviously if I was in another lineup, I'd probably not be the cleanup hitter. So for me, personally,...
MIKE JACOBS One thing I've been focused on was my changeup. I got drafted on my curve, but I'm going to get to t...
LANCE BROADWAY It makes me mad that I missed so much time. I never had any big injuries in the minor leagues. I tho...
JOSE CASTILLO One of the things I learned, one of the strangest things, is how to think. There was nothing else to...
ABRAHAM PAIS We spent a lot of time on communicating with one another, getting a feel for one another, and unders...
JEFF PENTLAND If they end up doing that, it could possibly lead to good things immediately, but in the long run, y...
BRAD MYERS My first year in the big leagues, I made $17,000. It was easy to go out and get another $17,000 reli...
BRUCE SUTTER I think the leagues help a lot and it will show in the season. In the leagues you get to feel out ho...
LIZ DERING One of the things I learned, one of the strangest things, is how to think. There was nothing else to...
ABRAHAM PAIS I enjoyed hitting in the Major Leagues more than in the Minor Leagues. I didn't want to tell any...
WILLIE MCCOVEY I think I learned a lot throughout the year. I felt more comfortable at the plate and with big leagu...
MARK TEAHEN I definitely can see him playing in the big leagues. It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when.
GORD ASH I learned so many different things while studying for the quiz. I focused on art and learned a lot o...
DANNA MAYLATH
One of the things I learned from working on the Olympics was, the world does not need another big mu... LAURIE ANDERSON It's like a rookie that's playing in the minor leagues that gets into the big league ? the big show ...
JAMES RHODES I know what to expect. I got the butterflies out last year. Now I can go back to playing baseball li...
JASON BARTLETT When there were just eight teams in each of the big leagues, I was always told, 'It's hard t...
RED SCHOENDIENST Whatever role they need me in, I'll be open to do it. I'm not going to complain about it. I'm in the...
ALEX CINTRON My first year in the big leagues was when he was with the Mariners. He's one of the game's greatest ...
COREY KOSKIE
I actually think the wins in the minor leagues are more meaningful. You're developing prospects. TONY LA RUSSA My mind frame is that I'm going to break (camp) with the team and contribute to the team like I know...
EDWIN JACKSON I guess that's part of it, the first time in the big leagues, just getting caught up in it instead o...
CHRIS BOOKER i know im not the girl you wanted. not the one you want to hear from. but what you see is what you g...
SIMI GREWAL That was a very aha moment. It was, 'I'm in the big leagues.'
RYAN HOWARD I had a chance and things didn't work out, but I'm excited to be back. They couldn't get me a spot i...
JASON PRIDIE I've come a long way since the first day I showed up here. Anything can happen. We'll find out in a ...
DAN UGGLA I've heard it said that we are the first generation to have the ability to turn the Titanic around, ...
RUTHERFORD SEYDEL I started the season at [Class A] Myrtle Beach, so I definitely wasn't thinking about the big league...
CHUCK JAMES There are a lot of players with the Pirates who were in the minor leagues just a couple years ago. I...
NEIL WALKER I´ve learned about being able to accept myself with diabetes, and I´ve learned a lot about the di...
CHELSEA JOHNSON I was a contact hitter my whole career but I learned how to handle the ball inside. And Ted Williams...
TONY GWYNN We've got 10 game dates left [in Arizona], so we have to start extending our players. With the other...
ALLARD BAIRD I got interested in the 8th Texas when I learned there was a captain with my name in the unit. We've...
TOM HEWITT I got to play with the big guys, the Wrecking Crew. They just blew me away. I learned a lot of stuff...
GLEN CAMPBELL
I've learned the hard way how valuable privacy is. And I've learned that there are a lot of ... ASHTON KUTCHER That's amazing. That proves that Venezuela has a lot of players good enough to be in the Major Leagu...
CARLOS ZAMBRANO I might make a couple of early trips (with the Reds), and then in September. But I think from April ...
WAYNE KRIVSKY I love working with the Farrelly brothers. I'm a big fan and feel very lucky to have gotten to w...
CARLY CRAIG I've loved soccer all my life. I've seen many leagues in Houston, and now I get to come home and see...
JUAN FLORES I feel like I?m a big-league guy right now. It?s different from last year. I knew I had to do too ma...
FRANKLIN GUTIERREZ All the women in my family are very dramatic by themselves. They make the biggest things out of noth...
JACOB BATALON They love it. They come back. I'll touch base with them either when the first come back or the next ...
PRINCIPAL THERESA WEIDENBAUGH It was better for me to transfer here with everything I learned. I feel free here; I'm doing my thin...
LAECHIA CONLEY
I owe a lot to those three men for helping me become the coach I am today. So much of my coaching ph... MICHAEL JACKSON I told the kids that those losses would make us tougher in the long run. Records don't mean anything...
BUDDY MATTHEWS I learned a lot of things from Robinson last year, and one of the biggest things I learned was his l...
ANTHONY MORELLI I had worked with everyone I admired and learned a lot from them, but in 1997 I just decided that it...
CELSO FONSECA A guy in Triple-A is one step up, so if one of my players gets a base hit off a guy the big leagues ...
RICH ALDAY I like being able to share the stuff I've learned. I really enjoy the practices, taking players asid...
LAURA SEEGER It's almost like already being in the major leagues here. They even clean you spikes for you. High s...
KALIN DREYER Someone said to me that [the Presidents Cup] was making my job a lot easier, and in a way he was rig...
TOM LEHMAN But, yes, I learned everything working in theater. I learned the importance of community - I was con...
ELIZABETH MERIWETHER At that point in my career, I didn't have an appreciation how difficult the transition is for young ...
MARK SHAPIRO When I look at it individually, I think it's a natural progression -- coaching first base for the la...
DEMARLO HALE I first saw Kelly when he was catching for Baylor, and I was the pitching coach at Oklahoma State. Y...
JOHN FARRELL It was an important game for me. I think it proved I could be starter in the big leagues and it prov...
SCOTT DOWNS Another thing that was unique about working on this stuff was that I was engineering it. I used many...
LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM This season was a rollercoaster. I can't fault the guys' effort because they came and gave everythin...
ADAM SADLER I was interested in telescopes and the way they worked because I had an intense desire to see what t...
CLYDE TOMBAUGH This is a dream for me. I wasn't expecting to be called up to the big leagues.
DAN JOHNSON For a guy like myself, I know there's plenty of room for me to improve and there are a lot of things...
DAMON HOLLINS He is slowing the game down instead of having to hurry up and do things. He's comfortable. He caught...
SMOKE LAVAL
What I think I learned from working on 'Moonlight' is you see what happens when you persecut... MAHERSHALA ALI Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. But to be able to trick people year in and year ou...
BOB UECKER It's been great learning different things. I learned a lot from coach, and with this being my last y...
MARAH GUZMAN Branch Rickey signed Jackie Robinson in 1945 and he went to the minor leagues and then to Montreal i...
LARRY HARTZELL In the European leagues, you play a lot of international tournaments, so you see some players quite ...
DANIEL CLARK The guy jumped four feet for that ball. I thought for sure it was over his head. I guarantee you may...
WES HELMS I looked up to my father when I was 7 and 8. I believed it was my calling to be in the big leagues. ...
BARRY ZITO One thing I learned is that you're not alone. A lot of people have gone through getting fired. Anoth...
JACK EDWARDS From what I've seen, I think this kid could be pitching in September in the big leagues. He's that t...
RAMON WEBSTER I want to work hard and let them know I'm ready. I want to be in the big leagues, hopefully.
ANGEL GUZMAN I think so. But Darren also taught me a lot. Him being a Pro Bowl player and being to the top of the...
MARK ROMAN Things seem to be falling into place. We have a really good staff. There are a lot of guys here who ...
JOSH HALL
Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly s... 
The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around. 
Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure. 
Opportunity is missed by most people because it comes dressed in
overalls and looks like work. 
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another
step forward. 
There is far more opportunity than there is ability. 