Bob Ley quotes

Bob Ley quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“If character is what you do when no one is watching, then sportsmanship is that conduct with everybody watching.”
-- Bob Ley

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“When he arrived, Keith (Olbermann) had one thing in mind: it was Keith. That's fine. Nothing wrong with that.”
-- Bob Ley

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“If you trust, you will be disappointed occasionally, but if you mistrust, you will be miserable all the time.”
“I've always envied the kind of coach who could go completely out of his mind and nobody would know the difference.”
“Is it a particularly British trait to so utterly adore truly appalling men, from Tony Hancock through to Steptoe and Alf Garnett, Captain Mainwaring, Rigsby, Del Boy, Victor Meldrew and on to David Brent from The Office. The most deeply adored characters are all simply vile.”
“You will be better advised to watch what we do instead of what we say.”
“Mammootty sir is an idol for me.. His uniqueness in developing characters is quite amazing”
“But I guess I like playing flawed guys 'cause it gives a place for the characters to go.”
“I have done scenes as Harvey Two-Face. It's interesting. I won't tell you exactly what we're going for, but I think that I can say that it will use all of today's technology to create this character. He's going to be interesting, and I think that's what makes this character important in the movie-you get to see him as he was before, as in the comic books. Harvey is a very good guy in the comic books. He's judicious. He cares. He's passionate about what he loves and then he turns into this character. So you will see that in this film.”
“Be more interested in people's character, than their contributions.”
“Sometimes I think sportsmanship is a little bit forgotten in place of the individual attention.”

Source : "Ripken Shares 'Eight Elements of Perseverance'". Interview with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. April 14, 2008.
“There is no such thing as sportsmanship.”

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