Johnny Evers quotes
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“A ballplayer has two reputations, one with the other players and one with the fans. The first is based on ability. The second the newspapers give him.”
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“There was never a finer character - charitable and friendly to his foes and ever willing to help a youngster breaking in.”
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“In my own case I have frequently faced the pitcher when I had no desire whatever to hit. I wanted to get a base on balls.”
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“I am convinced that in my own career I could usually have hit 30 points higher if I had made a specialty of hitting.”
-- Johnny Evers
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Source : A. Bartlett Giamatti's remarks at the press conference banning Pete Rose from baseball, August 24, 1989.
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“Entrepreneurship: 10% coach, 20% player, 30% cheerleader, 40% waterboy.”
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“My music lives because of real players.”
Source : "Golden Globe Nominee Abel Korzeniowski Talks Madonna, ‘W.E.,’ Score" by Bill Desowitz, www.indiewire.com. January 11, 2012.
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Source : A. E. Hotchner (2010). “The Good Life According to Hemingway”, p.11, Harper Collins
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