John Schuerholz quotes

“Irritation. I'm too old to get angry. Anger, that's an emotion for more serious things”
-- John Schuerholz

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“Our issue isn't when we get something done, ... it's how appropriate it is when we do it.”
-- John Schuerholz

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“Winners make commitments, losers make excuses.”
-- John Schuerholz

Source : John Schuerholz, Larry Guest (2008). “Built to Win: Inside Stories and Leadership Strategies from Baseball's Winningest GM”, p.22, Hachette UK

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“George Brett could roll out of bed on Christmas morning and hit a line drive.”
-- John Schuerholz

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“It's hurtful to know that Tommy Glavine won't be in a Braves uniform anymore.”
-- John Schuerholz

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“I still remember Botvinnik's reaction to each of my games, right from the opening moves. At first he would express amazement, then annoyance, and, finally irritation.”

“The Troubles are a pigmentation in our lives here, a constant irritation that detracts from real life. But life has to do with something else as well, and it's the other things which are the more permanent and real.”

Source : Brian Friel, Paul Delaney (2000). “Brian Friel in Conversation”, p.227, University of Michigan Press

“Art is a high calling - fears are coincidental. Coincidental, sneaky and disruptive, we might add, disguising themselves variously as laziness, resistance to deadlines, irritation with materials or surroundings, distraction over the achievements of others - indeed as anything that keeps you from giving your work your best shot. What separates artists from ex-artists is that those who challenge their fears, continue; those who don't, quit.”

Source : David Bayles, Ted Orland (2001). “Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking”, p.14, Image Continuum Press

“To be a good sportsman, one must be a stoic and never show rancor in defeat, or triumph in victory, or irritation, no matter what annoyance is encountered. One who can not help sulking, or explaining, or protesting when the loser, or exulting when the winner, has no right to take part in games or contests.”

“The selection of a book-plate is such a serious matter.”

“I'm a quite serious actor who doesn't mind being ridiculously comic.”

“The more modest its intellectual ballast, the more exclusively it takes into consideration the emotions of the masses, the more effective [propaganda] will be.”

“My own approach has always been to push intense emotions down and attempt to deal with them later.”

“The finest emotion of which we are capable is the mystic emotion.”

“At first when I realized I was a romantic, I was sort of shocked and shamed. But it is true... that the material I work most with is emotion.”