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My major motivation is that I just love basketball with a major-league passion. It's off the charts.


Gary Battle

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BRUCE BOCHY He's a major league player, a major league hitter. He's going to be back up here.
BRUCE BOCHY They have major-league players. So people know now that we can play against major-league players.
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JIM BROWN This is a major league best seller.
ETHAN FRIEDMAN From the time I was 3, I wanted to be a major-league player. To accomplish that at 35, get my name o...
JIM MORRIS It's a sensitive thing, playing major league baseball.
TONY LA RUSSA I would have absolutely relished a battle in Poland - that's a major part of my game.
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LINDA SCONIERS I think I'd like to be an owner of a Major League Baseball team.
MITCH MCCONNELL Major League Baseball and Holiday Inn are going to hit a home run. I just had to say that.
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DREW MEYER I know that I can get Major League hitters out, so I've got that going for me. But at the same time,...
DANA EVELAND I just love playing in major championships.
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JASON FREIER My motive, and I will make it clear and look you in the eyes, is to attack major league baseball. Th...
JOSE CANSECO When I was a minor league player, my goal was to be a major leaguer. It's no different as a mino...
RYNE SANDBERG The system has not only put out a lot of major-league talent but it's still very deep in guys that a...
BILL GEIVETT Every major decision I took in my life was like a battle, tough to win, but worth fighting for.
SOURAV GHOSH But I want you to know that what I'm doing here I'm doing as a ballplayer, a major league ba...
CURT FLOOD Major League Baseball should retire Roberto Clemente's number, just like they did Jackie Robinson's.
CARLOS BELTRAN Major League Baseball should retire Roberto Clemente's number, just like they did Jackie Robinson's ...
CARLOS BELTRAN We'd certainly love to have that at a major-league ballpark. Has that been discussed yet? No. Will t...
DAVE MCCARTHY It was a major league performance. It was brilliant.
AUGIE GARRIDO It's important to realize that we have two special major-league players here. I kind of want to find...
JIM TRACY The players' association negotiated for a clean slate when a player is promoted from the minor leagu...
ROB MANFRED Growing up, I looked up to major league baseball players, and now these young women have amazing, in...
JENNIE FINCH There were a lot of places, including Los Angeles, that didn't have major league baseball. There...
FRANK DEFORD I thanked him for sending a top-notch major league pitcher to face us in my managerial debut. He got...
JEFF BLAUSER This is like winning a major off the course,
BRAD FAXON What I found fascinating was just how quickly the best of the young Negro League players were drafte...
WALTER DEAN MYERS I will not re-transmit without the express permission of Major League Baseball
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JOE NICHOLS We've made our decisions and joined in a contract with Major League Baseball. We intend to see that ...
PETER ANGELOS I went to Gettysburg College, where the famous Civil War battle was fought. I majored in English. I ...
JERRY SPINELLI I had my first Major League at-bat off him in 1995. He struck me out. But I think that helped me out...
MARK LORETTA I'd like to to do a major pay-per-view match with Seth Rollins. I'd love do a major pay-per-...
DANIEL BRYAN Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don't belong there.
JOE DIMAGGIO Here's a man who may have a major-league arm, but he's got a bush-league attitude.
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YISCA EREZ The governor has said that at some point in time, it would not be unlikely to hear from Major League...
BRIAN MCCLUNG This is a sad day for the Minnesota Twins, Major League Baseball and baseball fans everywhere.
CARL POHLAD I do love my hometown. It really forged who I am in a major way.
DAVE FILONI I've got to throw that ball higher and out of bounds. It was just a major-league mistake on my part....
DREW BLEDSOE They've shown they are bona fide major-league pitchers,
DAN O'BRIEN It was one of the main gripes of the early civil rights movement and the NAACP, ... It was the major...
BRUCE TYLER There was a game plan, but I just didn't execute my pitches. This is an awesome opportunity, for sur...
JASON HAMMEL They're Major League hitters. You make a mistake, they make you pay.
JOSE LIMA We had some fun with the Bristol name, but there were the barnstorming teams that created the first ...
PAUL MELVIN Major league baseball is about the history of the game. Baseball history is so important. It's s...
JOE TORRE I don't think there's any question Las Vegas will get a major-league professional sports team.
RANDY VATAHA We're shooting for major league game activity later this month.
LONNIE SOLOFF This is just a dry run. That day, (emotions are) going to be off the charts.
JOEL THOMPSON I'm very thankful to the Yankees and to Major League Baseball for allowing me to play this game.
ALEX RODRIGUEZ My major league debut came at old Busch Stadium on Grand Avenue in St. Louis against the Pittsburgh ...
STEVE CARLTON But it's not about the money. It's getting the opportunity to play in a very competitive league and ...
HAL LANIER This was the major battle ground in the negotiations and we have won.
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ALLEN NEWTON This was extreme circumstances,'' said Pat Courtney, a spokesman for Major League Baseball.
JEFF TORBORG The major issue with Dr. Michelson is behind us, and it has now shifted from being a major risk to b...
ART COLLINS I guess when I was a kid, there was no Major League Baseball except in Chicago and Cincinnati,
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LAURA ROMO He was so revered by his teammates as well as other major league players. He might have been the mos...
TOM KELLY You can't say you're embarrassed because they're major-league players as well. It's just one of thos...
DEREK JETER What has always made IBM a fascinating and compelling place for me is the passion of the company, an...
GINNI ROMETTY You cannot strike out in your first major-league at-bat.
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RANDY WALKER I chose biochemistry as my major and graduated after 4 years with an Honours degree in Biochemistry....
ELIZABETH BLACKBURN I can't remember a major league game where I could make eye contact with my dad. I kept wonderin...
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MARY PRIDE Major League Baseball has the best idea of all. Three years before they'll take a kid out of col...
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BILL WALTON There's a closeness between the team and the fans you'll never find in a major-league park.
BUCK ROGERS We are all amateur players, therefore playing against major league players is the greatest victory f...
FREDERICH CEPEDA It's just as important as having a major league baseball team or an academic medical center, ... It ...
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ICHIRO SUZUKI It's time for Salt Lake City to have another major league team.
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MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. It's an honor for anybody, especially here, the oldest franchise in major league baseball.
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GARY SHERMAN I love making movies, but a movie becomes your entire life for, like, two to two and a half years. T...
GARY SHERMAN You get an audience to laugh and then show them something horrific, it's going to be even more h...
GARY SHERMAN I'm very much against war; I'm very much against terrorism of any kind. I find terrorism to ...
GARY SHERMAN The gruesomeness of 'Death Line' was an absolute necessity for me to bring up the political ...
GARY SHERMAN The whole idea of 'Death Line' was to kind of highlight class distinctions in England more t...
GARY SHERMAN Having been subjected to the pigeonholing of Hollywood myself, I realized that once you become a stu...
GARY SHERMAN One of the great things going on in Chicago is the educational facilities here. And the largest film...
GARY SHERMAN I know what it is like to fear violence. I understand the adrenalin rush that comes before violent c...
GARY SHERMAN I have this data bank garbage can in the back of my head that is an emotional collection of events t...
GARY SHERMAN I think that we, as a civilization, need to sit down and figure out how to solve political problems ...
GARY SHERMAN I'm not one of those people who have to try and remember what they told people, because I always...
GARY SHEFFIELD In L.A., wives can fly on the plane; with the Yankees, they can't. With other teams, the wives a...
GARY SHEFFIELD I've played for teams that were family-oriented organizations. They made you feel like family. T...
GARY SHEFFIELD I thought I knew there was a God. I always acknowledged that, but at the same time, I didn't liv...
GARY SHEFFIELD I am sure it will be mentioned and debated but from my standpoint I know who is in the Hall of Fame....
GARY SHEFFIELD Well, everybody is trying to make this a money thing. If you send me to another team, let's see ...
GARY SHEFFIELD I've been the best player on every team that I played on, so if I can't be the poster child ...
GARY SHEFFIELD Black players had an issue with Joe Torre. They weren't treated like everybody else. Even I got ...
GARY SHEFFIELD