Jim Kern quotes

“I told him I wasn't tired. He told me, no, but the outfielders sure are.”
-- Jim Kern

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“I'm working on a new pitch. It's called a strike.”
-- Jim Kern

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“Each child comes to us with a message from God and it is our job to help them deliver that message.”
-- Jim Kern

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“On matters of race, on matters of decency, baseball should lead the way.”

“There's nothing bad that accrues from baseball.”

“Baseball is about homecoming. It is a journey by theft and strength, guile and speed, out around first to the far island of second, where foes lurk in the reefs and the green sea suddenly grows deeper, then to turn sharply, skimming the shallows, making for a shore that will show a friendly face, a color, a familiar language and, at third, to proceed, no longer by paths indirect but straight, to home.”

Source : A. Bartlett Giamatti (1998). “A Great and Glorious Game: Baseball Writings of A. Bartlett Giamatti”, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill

“I grew up in the '60s, which was a creative time, so it wasn't that big of a stretch to go from a baseball bat to a guitar to a film camera.”

“Baseball should be the only thing on an eight year old boy's mind.”

Source : "Fictional character: Joe O'Malley". "Stolen Summer", www.imdb.com. 2002.

“I am not tired of my work, neither am I tired of the world; yet, when Christ calls me home, I shall go with gladness.”

“Strangely, nothing makes me feel tired, fatigued, at all. I've gone days and nights without sleep, and still the mind is in such a positive space it just doesn't make you feel fatigued.”

“It feels wonderful to be go back to the 1940s and recreate the whole era through my clothes, voice and body language. I am tired of playing the larger-than-life hero.”

“When I was on the air a lot my throat and vocal chords got tired. If you don't vary your tones you can't get pretty tired of your own voice.”

“I was tired and I had overworked myself and burnt myself out. So I went to Egypt by myself. When I saw what was built there, it made me understand how powerful we are, that we can create anything. And I felt like I needed to create things that were timeless too.”