I'm always telling people baseball needs to be more prominent in the African American community. What a better way to do so, going on these TV shows and appearing on the cover of this or that. Now kids can see how baseball can change your life. Frank...
We lived near a playground that had four baseball diamonds on it, and when I got to be 11, 12 years old, I was always over at the ballpark practicing or playing or doing something pertaining to baseball. And when I wasn't doing that, I was bouncing a...
I am old enough to remember every Red Sox season since 1975. Baseball is long. Baseball takes forever. It's day in, day out, for six solid months - seven if you're lucky. Winning is always fun.
Once upon a time, growing up male gave little boys a sense of certainty about the natural order of things. We had short hair, wore pants, and played baseball. Girls had long hair, wore skirts, and, no matter how hard they tried, always threw a baseba...
I played baseball, and that's pretty much it. Basketball came late, this was, basketball was the sport that I tried to master, I kind of mastered baseball, so basketball was one of those things where I wanted to master this game, so that's why I prob...
My job, professionally, is tapping into stuff. We've all got it. But, I just am fortunate enough that, beyond the age of 11, it's what I do professionally.
I had such a good time working with John Woo and John Travolta, and it was so professional. I want to work with people who are real professionals.
My professional life has nothing to do with my personal life and vice versa.
I have tried to be as eclectic as I possibly can with my professional life, and so far it's been pretty fun.
I think professionalism is important, and professionalism means you get paid.
Secret 1.93. The professional intelligence officer assumes nothing. The successful professional intelligence officer assumes less than that.
I think professional sports, football, to use it as an example, it's fundamentally a form of entertainment.
We want to christen every city that Kris has played in during his professional career.
To a man, professional soldiers despised terrorists, and each would dream about getting them in an even-up-battle; the idea of the Field of Honor had never died for the real professionals. It was the place where the ultimate decision was made on the ...
In 1981, at age 31, I was voted the best player in basketball, and the most valuable player in the league.
The worst thing I could be thinking is how could I be a cool bass player.
I worked every day - Christmas Eve, birthdays - trying to become a great basketball player. Everywhere I went, I had a basketball.
There's a lot of ingredients go into being a good tennis player.
To be a big league ball player, you have to love the game.
I just want to be a better guitar player, really.
Football players win football games.
