Johnny Oates quotes

Johnny Oates quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Rather an end in horror, than horror without end. He could not condemn principles he might need to invoke and apply later. The wolf cannot help having been created by God as he is, but we shoot him all the same if we have to. The great player in diplomacy, as in chess, asks the question,Does this improve me?, not look at the possible fringe benefits If you can't have what you like, you must like what you have.”
“I'm not a good guitar player.”
“I'm a bass player from way back and Paul is a guitar player and we've been in many bands.”
“I can't be a hypocrite as a coach because as a player that's what I wanted. I wanted feedback, I wanted communication from the boss. I showed up for work, you can yell at me if you want, but I want input. So that's the kind of coach I want to be.”
“Assistant coaches become a little bit more buddies to the players than a head coach.”
“Derek (Jeter) told me the ghosts would show up eventually!”
“I want to be to the White Sox what Derek Jeter is to the Yankees.”
“As the Internet breaks down the last justifications for a professional class of politicians, it also builds up the tools for replacing them.”

Source : Aaron Swartz (2016). “The Boy Who Could Change the World: The Writings of Aaron Swartz”, p.188, The New Press
“There's nothing an artist needs more - even more than excellent tools and stamina - than a deadline.”
“A life I didn't choose chose me: even my tools are the wrong ones for what I have to do.”

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