Phil Linz quotes

“Baseball is a fun game. It beats working for a living.”
-- Phil Linz

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“You can't get rich sitting on the bench.”
-- Phil Linz

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

“You count on it, you rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of sunshine and high skies alive, and then, just when the days are all twilight, when you need it most, it stops.”

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

“We have an obligation to spread amateur baseball both at home and abroad. Building up the game at all levels - Little League, Babe Ruth Leagues, the colleges - is in our own self-interest. That's where the pool of talent is - and also of fans.”

“I love the flow of the game. There's a certain fluidity to basketball. I don't enjoy watching baseball or football in the same way.”

Source : "An Interview with Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys". Interview with David Flumenbaum, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 3, 2008.

“Remember that sports are meant to be fun. Don't let someone make the sport unfun for you.”

“I began to work the stage and get the audience into it. I also learned how to have fun out there. It is something I will never forget.”

“Surprise keeps the reader awake. The only alternative is to continue saying what the reader is expecting. What fun is that?”

Source : "Cartographer of Word Galaxies". The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. September 24, 2013.

“I don't remember a drama on TV that had shown a couple could be married but still love each other very much, spend every day as if they were still on their honeymoon, be sensuous, and have fun together.”

“The pressure I put on myself is the only pressure I'm feeling once I get into the game.”

“Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person.”