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DALE HALL![]()
I went out and bought $17,000 worth of exercise equipment for my house.
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PAUL MAHOLM I was in the big leagues my first year in pro ball - pretty fast. I really don't think I had an ...
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CRAIG BEESLEY It was a big relief to get my first hit. I was there to play defense, but I wanted to be in a positi...
JEFF FIORENTINO The first game after the All-Star break against the Blue Jays, I think we shut out them out and I we...
CASEY FOSSUM It was a big relief when I saw the ball go in the net. We always make it hard on ourselves and just ...
LEWIS RATCLIFF Just getting ahead early, I think, was a big key. We came out kind of flat the first two innings. We...
DAMON SUBLETT![]()
[Quotable:] My first year in the big leagues was 1948, and the way we won the pennant, how easy it w...
ALVIN DARK I had a pretty big sophomore year and I think my junior year I was struggling the first month or so ...
CONOR JACKSON When you have an at-bat like that, it wears the pitcher. It sets the tone. It helps the whole psyche...
BILL WRIGHT I kind of expected he was going to be a little bit behind. He only pitched one other inning in the t...
HUMBERTO COTA It was a good day for us last year because if you get to a final you want to win the game. It had be...
DARREN FERGUSON I just got my mind ready to go, make quality pitches and get people out.
EUDE BRITO I was just glad to be able to go out there and help the team. I was able to get ahead of hitters, be...
EDGAR RAMIREZ![]()
I've worked with the pitching staff and the coaching staff and really honed in on what kind of pitch...
BRANDON WEBB There's not going to be many more times when I go five innings. I'm fed up with it. Ninety-five pitc...
BRETT MYERS![]()
In my state, over 17,000 households are going hungry on a regular basis.
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COREY KOSKIE![]()
We generally get upset about any sort of invasive threat. The latest infestation in Carteret and Woo...
GEORGE HAMILTON My pitching was better in this game than the first one against them because I threw a lot less pitch...
DANNAH DRYER This guy (Cobb) throws 80 (mph) and he just eats people up. Just seeing that he can do that, if I ju...
JAMES ADKINS I'd make some pitches to get out of a jam, then I'd turn right around and make bad pitches and get b...
GLENDON RUSCH He pitched exceptional. He matched an All-American pitcher, pitch for pitch. He made good pitches wh...
REX PETERS I was worried we might go 12 innings. I knew eventually I'd start to tire.
ASHLEIGH COLE When I moved to L.A. a few years ago, my sister hung out with a couple of people with big followings...
LUCKY BLUE SMITH It makes me mad that I missed so much time. I never had any big injuries in the minor leagues. I tho...
JOSE CASTILLO![]()
I made my pitches when I had to, and that's what counts, ... There were a couple times when I made s...
BRANDON WEBB![]()
Once I get completely right mechanically and with command, maybe I only use two or three pitches to ...
JAKE ARRIETA [One classic case of instant Oscar wealth is Dustin Hoffman.] He got just $17,000 for 'The Graduate,...
EMMANUEL LEVY I was basically trying to get a feel for my pitches. I hadn't pitched to hitters since Oct. 1. It's ...
JASON CHRISTIANSEN It was a really great year but it's not how we wanted it to end like this, especially after Albert h...
MARK MULDER I learned a lot being in the big leagues last season. For one thing, I learned I was tipping pitches...
EDISON VOLQUEZ He just started to get his pitches up. I thought he pitched well enough to win.
BOBBY HOWARD He pitched without his best stuff and threw some good pitches. What was impressive for a young pitch...
RICK ANDERSON I was really excited about the turnout, ... I never thought it would get this big. We've outgrown th...
WILLIAM BOWMAN (Harang) helped by botching up the first two pitches. Then, I was going for the strikeout. I felt go...
KYLE DAVIES We're hoping to go five innings, and 15-pitch innings to get him up to 75 pitches,
BRAD ARNSBERG![]()
If I don't make the team out of spring training, I'll keep a good attitude. I'll just go...
CORY LIDLE I'm just worried about playing the best I can play (and) helping this team win a championship, ... S...
ROBERT GALLERY I've pitched too many innings and pitched too many years - one game doesn't make or break my...
JAMIE MOYER That is what we wanted to do, to go 2-2-1-2 (innings pitched by pitcher). Jon and Brent will start f...
DAVID MCGINNIS The 17,000 level isn't only the highest in more than five years, but it's also technical resistance....
HITOSHI YAMAMOTO I thought every pitch I was going to come out of the game, ... I had another 7, 8 mph in the tank I ...
JASON SCHMIDT I guess that's part of it, the first time in the big leagues, just getting caught up in it instead o...
CHRIS BOOKER He's pitched great. Anytime you draft a pitcher and he pitches this well, you're surprised. But he's...
JEFF WILPON We have seen a five-fold increase in our caseload since 2000, ... We went from 4,000 complaints a ye...
CHRIS SWECKER It doesn't change how I look at it. Regardless if I have the club made or not, it's not just making ...
JASON REPKO Here I'm not worried about the cut, I just want to go out there and play good golf and try and get i...
BEN CURTIS My pitches were starting to come along as the innings went by. I was trying to be too accurate on th...
DAISUKE MATSUZAKA I feel good, and I'm fine. My slider is working, and I have made two mistakes. That's about it. I'm ...
CHAD CORDERO![]()
The first few innings, I just overthrew it. I made an adjustment about the fourth and started feelin...
TIM HUDSON Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. But to be able to trick people year in and year ou...
BOB UECKER Last year I had butterflies all in my stomach. This year was different. I was calm and just ready to...
SHACOI BERRY It was a big relief to finally get a goal. I knew if I kept shooting something would finally go in, ...
ABBY FENNESSEY I was a little worried because the first game, you never know what's going to happen. So I'm glad to...
LINDA BARKLEY When I started acting, there were parts in English that I thought I just had to try it out and go to...
CARICE VAN HOUTEN I got that first one out of the way. I am just happy that we won a game. I'll never forget it. But I...
JEFF BLAUSER He throws four pitches for strikes, he keeps the ball down, gets a lot of ground balls and he's a st...
DAVE DUNCAN There are about 17,000 gaming employees in that region and we estimate that about 10,000 may have lo...
FRANK FAHRENKOPF You go out there and score nine runs in the first two innings, and I think as a pitching staff you'v...
DOUG FLEETWOOD (Lackey) wasn't as sharp as we've seen him, ... He threw a lot of pitches early, and then he settled...
MIKE SCIOSCIA Just go in there and be focused and go all out. Don't be worried about the little things and just pl...
TYSON THOMPSON We took a piece of property that was getting $800 a year in (real estate) taxes. Now we're paying $1...
TOM AHOLA We've taken those 17,000 images to build a mosaic of the whole planet.
GREG MEHALL He throws 60 pitches in the first couple innings and did nothing but get much stronger.
ERIC WEDGE Right now, I feel my arm is the best [it has been] all year, ... I feel strong and in control. I thi...
ELMER DESSENS I'm throwing the same pitches. I'm just trying to be a smarter pitcher this year. Learn from my mist...
JENNA HOWARD They came out swinging from the get-go. I didn't execute my pitches, plain and simple. I didn't have...
AARON HARANG![]()
I was about 12 when I heard my first Lenny Bruce record. He was already dead. But it changed my life...
PENN JILLETTE The first game, the errors killed us. We had four errors that game and our pitcher, I believe, pitch...
JENNY MEIROWSKY After the first couple of innings, I would have probably called off the dogs. But it was nice to get...
CHIPPER JONES I put it in pretty simple terms. I asked him, 'Do you want to make two grand in the Minors or start ...
DAVE BRUNDAGE He still has to work on his location. You can't leave pitches high in the zone in the major leagues....
LORENZO BUNDY I knew I was going to be able to go, ... I felt good, I ran good. A no-brainer, I was going out ther...
CHAMP BAILEY I was in big trouble, one out, men on first and third. I just wanted to get a ground ball.
ERVIN SANTANA I'm the new guy. My job is to lay low and pitch whatever they need pitched. If I stay in the shadows...
BRIAN BANNISTER We hadn't been to the tournament since my freshman year, so it was very big. It was very special to ...
DIJON THOMPSON In those days, your contract for the next year was based on your innings pitched.
BOB UECKER I may not be where I was last year, but I'm where I need to be. That's a good sign, but it's not abo...
C.J. WILSON I just missed my, spots and left some pitches up in the zone, ... I made mistakes and paid for it.
GUSTAVO CHACIN I just missed my spots and left some pitches up in the zone. I made mistakes and paid for it.
GUSTAVO CHACIN It made it seem like I was his accomplice and I was trying to flee or get out of town. I was just pa...
CHRISTOPHER HICKS Obviously if I was in another lineup, I'd probably not be the cleanup hitter. So for me, personally,...
MIKE JACOBS![]()
I never officially came out in any kind of really public way. I just always lived very simply and op...
LILY TOMLIN He's aggressive with his fastball. He doesn't pitch to the park, kind of the same mentality I take o...
AARON COOK I never really thought of it. I was bowling in a Tuesday doubles league and leagues for me I try to ...
LIZ JOHNSON I was more concentrating on making sure that I got my steps down, that my routes were looking all ri...
BUBBA FRANKS He had been in three innings. But he?s a great pitcher. I was battling. I was hoping it was above th...
BLAKE PARKER![]()
I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan.
JACKIE CHAN After missing a full month, I'm just not ready to start, and I think I proved that Sunday in Detroit...
GIL MECHE I go in thinking about whatever they'll let me do at the big-league level. You never know what happe...
ADAM WAINWRIGHT If I can get an out with one or two pitches and use my sinker or cutter, I'm better off, ... I stopp...
BARTOLO COLON I thought we had a good approach for the first couple innings. They brought in a new pitcher in the ...
CHRIS HAWKINS I was ready to go. It's not easy. Shootouts are never easy. It's three saves for a win. You just hav...
MARTIN BIRON It's possible the congressman and his accountant missed that paragraph in the 17,000-page IRS code, ...
BRIAN KENNEDY It's disappointing. I was trying to keep my end up as long as I could and at the same time play my n...
HERSCHELLE GIBBS I made my first million pounds at the age of 26. As a little girl, I said I would retire when I had ...
CAPRICE BOURRET
BOB UECKER Vincent Spaulding pitched a terrific game. He got ahead of the hitters, kept them off-balance and ma...
DALE HALL
I went out and bought $17,000 worth of exercise equipment for my house. TONY STEWART It was weird to get my first at-bat before I pitched my first inning. That helped me relax. I was ju...
PAUL MAHOLM I was in the big leagues my first year in pro ball - pretty fast. I really don't think I had an ...
DREW POMERANZ Charlie pitched the first three innings. Alex Middleton pitched the next inning and Jared Burkhardt ...
CRAIG BEESLEY It was a big relief to get my first hit. I was there to play defense, but I wanted to be in a positi...
JEFF FIORENTINO The first game after the All-Star break against the Blue Jays, I think we shut out them out and I we...
CASEY FOSSUM It was a big relief when I saw the ball go in the net. We always make it hard on ourselves and just ...
LEWIS RATCLIFF Just getting ahead early, I think, was a big key. We came out kind of flat the first two innings. We...
DAMON SUBLETT
[Quotable:] My first year in the big leagues was 1948, and the way we won the pennant, how easy it w... ALVIN DARK I had a pretty big sophomore year and I think my junior year I was struggling the first month or so ...
CONOR JACKSON When you have an at-bat like that, it wears the pitcher. It sets the tone. It helps the whole psyche...
BILL WRIGHT I kind of expected he was going to be a little bit behind. He only pitched one other inning in the t...
HUMBERTO COTA It was a good day for us last year because if you get to a final you want to win the game. It had be...
DARREN FERGUSON I just got my mind ready to go, make quality pitches and get people out.
EUDE BRITO I was just glad to be able to go out there and help the team. I was able to get ahead of hitters, be...
EDGAR RAMIREZ
I've worked with the pitching staff and the coaching staff and really honed in on what kind of pitch... BRANDON WEBB There's not going to be many more times when I go five innings. I'm fed up with it. Ninety-five pitc...
BRETT MYERS
In my state, over 17,000 households are going hungry on a regular basis. PATRICK J. KENNEDY My first year in the big leagues was when he was with the Mariners. He's one of the game's greatest ...
COREY KOSKIE
We generally get upset about any sort of invasive threat. The latest infestation in Carteret and Woo... GEORGE HAMILTON My pitching was better in this game than the first one against them because I threw a lot less pitch...
DANNAH DRYER This guy (Cobb) throws 80 (mph) and he just eats people up. Just seeing that he can do that, if I ju...
JAMES ADKINS I'd make some pitches to get out of a jam, then I'd turn right around and make bad pitches and get b...
GLENDON RUSCH He pitched exceptional. He matched an All-American pitcher, pitch for pitch. He made good pitches wh...
REX PETERS I was worried we might go 12 innings. I knew eventually I'd start to tire.
ASHLEIGH COLE When I moved to L.A. a few years ago, my sister hung out with a couple of people with big followings...
LUCKY BLUE SMITH It makes me mad that I missed so much time. I never had any big injuries in the minor leagues. I tho...
JOSE CASTILLO
I made my pitches when I had to, and that's what counts, ... There were a couple times when I made s... BRANDON WEBB
Once I get completely right mechanically and with command, maybe I only use two or three pitches to ... JAKE ARRIETA [One classic case of instant Oscar wealth is Dustin Hoffman.] He got just $17,000 for 'The Graduate,...
EMMANUEL LEVY I was basically trying to get a feel for my pitches. I hadn't pitched to hitters since Oct. 1. It's ...
JASON CHRISTIANSEN It was a really great year but it's not how we wanted it to end like this, especially after Albert h...
MARK MULDER I learned a lot being in the big leagues last season. For one thing, I learned I was tipping pitches...
EDISON VOLQUEZ He just started to get his pitches up. I thought he pitched well enough to win.
BOBBY HOWARD He pitched without his best stuff and threw some good pitches. What was impressive for a young pitch...
RICK ANDERSON I was really excited about the turnout, ... I never thought it would get this big. We've outgrown th...
WILLIAM BOWMAN (Harang) helped by botching up the first two pitches. Then, I was going for the strikeout. I felt go...
KYLE DAVIES We're hoping to go five innings, and 15-pitch innings to get him up to 75 pitches,
BRAD ARNSBERG
If I don't make the team out of spring training, I'll keep a good attitude. I'll just go... CORY LIDLE I'm just worried about playing the best I can play (and) helping this team win a championship, ... S...
ROBERT GALLERY I've pitched too many innings and pitched too many years - one game doesn't make or break my...
JAMIE MOYER That is what we wanted to do, to go 2-2-1-2 (innings pitched by pitcher). Jon and Brent will start f...
DAVID MCGINNIS The 17,000 level isn't only the highest in more than five years, but it's also technical resistance....
HITOSHI YAMAMOTO I thought every pitch I was going to come out of the game, ... I had another 7, 8 mph in the tank I ...
JASON SCHMIDT I guess that's part of it, the first time in the big leagues, just getting caught up in it instead o...
CHRIS BOOKER He's pitched great. Anytime you draft a pitcher and he pitches this well, you're surprised. But he's...
JEFF WILPON We have seen a five-fold increase in our caseload since 2000, ... We went from 4,000 complaints a ye...
CHRIS SWECKER It doesn't change how I look at it. Regardless if I have the club made or not, it's not just making ...
JASON REPKO Here I'm not worried about the cut, I just want to go out there and play good golf and try and get i...
BEN CURTIS My pitches were starting to come along as the innings went by. I was trying to be too accurate on th...
DAISUKE MATSUZAKA I feel good, and I'm fine. My slider is working, and I have made two mistakes. That's about it. I'm ...
CHAD CORDERO
The first few innings, I just overthrew it. I made an adjustment about the fourth and started feelin... TIM HUDSON Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. But to be able to trick people year in and year ou...
BOB UECKER Last year I had butterflies all in my stomach. This year was different. I was calm and just ready to...
SHACOI BERRY It was a big relief to finally get a goal. I knew if I kept shooting something would finally go in, ...
ABBY FENNESSEY I was a little worried because the first game, you never know what's going to happen. So I'm glad to...
LINDA BARKLEY When I started acting, there were parts in English that I thought I just had to try it out and go to...
CARICE VAN HOUTEN I got that first one out of the way. I am just happy that we won a game. I'll never forget it. But I...
JEFF BLAUSER He throws four pitches for strikes, he keeps the ball down, gets a lot of ground balls and he's a st...
DAVE DUNCAN There are about 17,000 gaming employees in that region and we estimate that about 10,000 may have lo...
FRANK FAHRENKOPF You go out there and score nine runs in the first two innings, and I think as a pitching staff you'v...
DOUG FLEETWOOD (Lackey) wasn't as sharp as we've seen him, ... He threw a lot of pitches early, and then he settled...
MIKE SCIOSCIA Just go in there and be focused and go all out. Don't be worried about the little things and just pl...
TYSON THOMPSON We took a piece of property that was getting $800 a year in (real estate) taxes. Now we're paying $1...
TOM AHOLA We've taken those 17,000 images to build a mosaic of the whole planet.
GREG MEHALL He throws 60 pitches in the first couple innings and did nothing but get much stronger.
ERIC WEDGE Right now, I feel my arm is the best [it has been] all year, ... I feel strong and in control. I thi...
ELMER DESSENS I'm throwing the same pitches. I'm just trying to be a smarter pitcher this year. Learn from my mist...
JENNA HOWARD They came out swinging from the get-go. I didn't execute my pitches, plain and simple. I didn't have...
AARON HARANG
I was about 12 when I heard my first Lenny Bruce record. He was already dead. But it changed my life... PENN JILLETTE The first game, the errors killed us. We had four errors that game and our pitcher, I believe, pitch...
JENNY MEIROWSKY After the first couple of innings, I would have probably called off the dogs. But it was nice to get...
CHIPPER JONES I put it in pretty simple terms. I asked him, 'Do you want to make two grand in the Minors or start ...
DAVE BRUNDAGE He still has to work on his location. You can't leave pitches high in the zone in the major leagues....
LORENZO BUNDY I knew I was going to be able to go, ... I felt good, I ran good. A no-brainer, I was going out ther...
CHAMP BAILEY I was in big trouble, one out, men on first and third. I just wanted to get a ground ball.
ERVIN SANTANA I'm the new guy. My job is to lay low and pitch whatever they need pitched. If I stay in the shadows...
BRIAN BANNISTER We hadn't been to the tournament since my freshman year, so it was very big. It was very special to ...
DIJON THOMPSON In those days, your contract for the next year was based on your innings pitched.
BOB UECKER I may not be where I was last year, but I'm where I need to be. That's a good sign, but it's not abo...
C.J. WILSON I just missed my, spots and left some pitches up in the zone, ... I made mistakes and paid for it.
GUSTAVO CHACIN I just missed my spots and left some pitches up in the zone. I made mistakes and paid for it.
GUSTAVO CHACIN It made it seem like I was his accomplice and I was trying to flee or get out of town. I was just pa...
CHRISTOPHER HICKS Obviously if I was in another lineup, I'd probably not be the cleanup hitter. So for me, personally,...
MIKE JACOBS
I never officially came out in any kind of really public way. I just always lived very simply and op... LILY TOMLIN He's aggressive with his fastball. He doesn't pitch to the park, kind of the same mentality I take o...
AARON COOK I never really thought of it. I was bowling in a Tuesday doubles league and leagues for me I try to ...
LIZ JOHNSON I was more concentrating on making sure that I got my steps down, that my routes were looking all ri...
BUBBA FRANKS He had been in three innings. But he?s a great pitcher. I was battling. I was hoping it was above th...
BLAKE PARKER
I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan. JACKIE CHAN After missing a full month, I'm just not ready to start, and I think I proved that Sunday in Detroit...
GIL MECHE I go in thinking about whatever they'll let me do at the big-league level. You never know what happe...
ADAM WAINWRIGHT If I can get an out with one or two pitches and use my sinker or cutter, I'm better off, ... I stopp...
BARTOLO COLON I thought we had a good approach for the first couple innings. They brought in a new pitcher in the ...
CHRIS HAWKINS I was ready to go. It's not easy. Shootouts are never easy. It's three saves for a win. You just hav...
MARTIN BIRON It's possible the congressman and his accountant missed that paragraph in the 17,000-page IRS code, ...
BRIAN KENNEDY It's disappointing. I was trying to keep my end up as long as I could and at the same time play my n...
HERSCHELLE GIBBS I made my first million pounds at the age of 26. As a little girl, I said I would retire when I had ...
CAPRICE BOURRET
There is something about the melody of 'Thunder Road' that just suggests 'new day.' ... 
There's a bright spot in every dark cloud. 
I suppose when you do it correctly, a good introduction and a good outro makes the song feel like it... 
The only thing that is obscene is censorship. 
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I'm not a comedian. And I'm not sick. The world is sick, and I'm the doctor. I'm a s... 
When you have something for breakfast, you're not going to be starving by lunch. 
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I was riding my mountain bike in Colorado, and I met a dog who reminded me so much of my very first ... 
I am stunned by how much time and effort I must spend marketing my book and interacting with my read... 
For many young people, the minimum wage is a stepping stone to higher employment levels. 
The five steps in teaching an employee new skills are preparation, explanation, showing, observation... 
I do have two data identities. I have my name, Bruce Sterling, which is my public name under which I... 
I don't have an act. I just talk. I'm just Lenny Bruce. 
My wife heard me say I love you a thousand times, but she never once heard me say sorry 
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My mother-in-law broke up my marriage. My wife came home from work one day and found me in bed with ... 
The Bollywood distribution system is so corrupt that they have trouble making money off movies. So t... 
If the brain expects that a treatment will work, it sends healing chemicals into the bloodstream, wh... 
Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you ... 
Engineering stimulates the mind. Kids get bored easily. They have got to get out and get their hands... 
The US military still blames the media for stories and images that turned the American public agains... 
Let the spirit out - Discard all thoughts of reward, all hopes of praise and fears of blame, all awa... 
There will be calmness, tranquility, when one is free from external objects and is not perturbed. 