Bill Dickey quotes
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“He (Babe Ruth) hits a ball harder and further than any man I ever saw.”
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“He (Lou Gehrig) just went out and did his job every day.”
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“A catcher must want to catch. He must make up his mind that it isn't the terrible job it is painted, and that he isn't going to say every day, 'Why, oh why with so many other positions in baseball did I take up this one.'”
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“I like to have my hand on every single plate that goes out. It's really a good feeling when someone compliments your meal, and you had everything to do with making it. It's very rewarding.”
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“I loved to make a great defensive play, I'd rather do that than hit a home run.”
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“If I were catching blindfolded, I'd always know when it was Foxx who connected. He hit the ball harder than anyone else.”
-- Bill Dickey
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“The soul of the slave, the soul of the "little man," is as dear to me as the soul of the great.”
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“(B)ut who can start over when memories never leave you? —Ruth Mendenberg”
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Source : Eva Ibbotson (2008). “The Morning Gift”, p.126, Pan Macmillan
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