Kirk Gibson famous quotes

I have faced many different obstacles in my life, and have always maintained a strong belief that no matter the circumstances, I could overcome those obstacles,
-- Kirk Gibson

#Strong #Overcoming #Different

If you're a manager you can't get frustrated and be emotional. You have to continue to steer the ship, you can't let go of the wheel because who knows where it will go then.
-- Kirk Gibson

#Letting Go #Emotional #Frustrated

Now here I am almost 52 years old, it's really easy. I'm way more at peace. But when you're a competitor, and you're as intent on becoming the best in the world as I was, it comes with consequences.
-- Kirk Gibson

#Years #World #Way

Everybody has bad at-bats -- except McCutchen.
-- Kirk Gibson

#Bats

Schools used to fund-raise for luxuries, like a trip to the water slides. Now, we fund-raise for things we have to have.
-- Kirk Gibson

#School #Journey #Luxury

I got to experience a world championship with some great teammates.
-- Kirk Gibson

#World #Teammate #Championship

I was kind of a volatile personality, very intense. Because of that, I drew some criticism and people would say things about me, and my parents had tried to defend me. I would just tell them don't worry about it. Our day will come.
-- Kirk Gibson

#People #Worry #Personality

There was a perception of me, and I earned it because I was really intense, really gruff. I treated certain people poorly at times. It was because of who I was. It was almost my strength. I came in all business. I tried to find ways to fit in with that demeanor, but it's not easy.
-- Kirk Gibson

#People #Perception #Way

My idea of a 'super bowl' is when the catcher is standing in front of the plate with the ball, waiting for me as I round third...and I make him drop it. That's a quality Super Bowl.
-- Kirk Gibson

#Ideas #Waiting #Quality

No matter how strong a condom is, it won't protect you from a broken heart.

Priests might divide the world into good and bad. In battle there was strong and weak and nothing else.

If there had been a strong democratic sentiment in Germany, Hitler would never have come to power . [Germans] deserved what they got when they went round crying for a hero.

Turkish-American relations are based on very strong foundations. Currently, we have a war in the region, which could not be prevented, unfortunately. We hope it is a short war ... with minimum casualties.

Every poem breaks a silence that had to be overcome.

The importance of coming into God's presence is worth overcoming all obstacles along the way.

It is a sin when I place myself deliberately in the place of temptation… either because I enjoy the prospect or because I’m not determined enough in my desire to overcome it.

I was overcome with happiness, love, and tenderness ... Right after he was washed, I studied him with my hands: his downy little head, his little nose, everything on the tiny body.

Each country its cost analysis is going to be different. So what we are you seeing in Syria, for example, is different than what's going on in Jordan. The maps are being rewritten.

Every actor has his own identity. I don't aspire to be Bond. My quest is to do something new, something different.