Quotes of: George-w Keyword

In the minds of great managers, consistent poor performance is not primarily a matter of weakness, stupidity, disobedience, or disrespect. It is a matter of miscasting.

Marcus Buckingham

The most important aspect of leading is knowing oneself. Know yourself, know the people around you, and then get on with it.

Mervyn Davies

I played with Willie Mays and against Hank Aaron. They were tremendous players, but they were no Josh Gibson.

Monte Irvin

I think anybody who saw him will tell you that Willie Mays was the greatest player who ever lived.

Monte Irvin

I touched Roger's bat and held it to my heart. My bat will lie next to his. I'm damn proud of that.

Mark McGwire

I remember trying steroids very briefly in the 1989 -1990 off season, and then after I was injured in 1993, I used steroids again.

Mark McGwire

Performance-enhancing drugs are an illusion. I wish I had never gotten involved with steroids. It was wrong. It was stupid.

Mark McGwire

I think a painting is more like the real world if it's made out the real world.

Robert Rauschenberg

When I was playing, there were only eight teams in each league, and you didn't have any playoffs.

Red Schoendienst

At my growing years of 18 to 21 years old in the Minor Leagues, I dreamed of being a Philadelphia Phillie.

Ryne Sandberg

There's not too many guys that spend their whole career with one team and I think it's very fortunate and a blessing for me.

Ryne Sandberg

I never was for telephones. Just don't like them, that's all. Anybody wants to talk to you, they can come to see you.

Sam Crawford

I was never a strikeout pitcher. Why should I throw eight or nine balls to get a man out when I got away with three or four?

Stan Coveleski

My major league debut came at old Busch Stadium on Grand Avenue in St. Louis against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Steve Carlton

So what I did on the field was the essence of what I am. Remember me like that.

Steve Carlton

It's the age-old thing - it's such a cliche - but why worry about things you have no control over?

Mike Quade

You look around baseball and when things go south, that type of fan apathy happens.

Mike Quade

He's so ugly. When you walked by him, your pants wrinkle. He made fly balls curve foul.

Mickey Rivers

I try so hard not to think that I am a stranger in a strange land. But I know that I stand out.

Martha Raddatz

I watch golf, just looking at the pros, and I'm in awe of how they play. Not one particular player - maybe all the players.

Masahiro Tanaka

I just go into a game and try to look at the situation and what needs to be done. I try to execute.

Masahiro Tanaka