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Braves Quotes
On growing up, and staying, a Braves fan.
These quotes come from people who grew up on the Braves and never really left — 'once a Braves fan, always a Braves fan,' as one player puts it after being traded to the team he idolized as a kid. More in the Baseball quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always wondered how it would be to put on a Braves uniform and play in Atlanta.
- Childhood
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When I was traded from the Oakland A's to the Atlanta Braves before the 2005 season, a childhood dream was realized. I grew up a Braves fan just a few hours south of Atlanta, and it was hard for me to believe that I was going to actually play for the Atlanta Braves and legendary manager Bobby Cox.
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The Atlanta Braves are really all that our children know about this crazy baseball life, and we are so thankful for this upbringing for them.
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One thing that I learned is this - once a Braves fan, always a Braves fan. No matter what. And as a player, that means more than you could understand.
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I don't believe a manager ever won a pennant. Casey Stengel won all those pennants with the Yankees. How many did he win with the Boston Braves and Mets?
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I am quite sure that a little man who braves ridicule to improve the lot of his fellow men, and is thanked by their jibes, is an interesting character.
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No one ever taught me how to shave; no one ever sat down to watch a Braves game with me. I paid for Yale myself, I lived by myself, I taught myself how to play the guitar. I did this all on my own.
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I feel it's the best thing that could have happened for me, leaving the Braves so I could go to another team that would give me more of a chance to play like with the Marlins.
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you don't like the way the Atlanta Braves are playing then you don't like baseball.
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- Nov 07, 2020