- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
You Quotes
Quotes that speak straight to you.
This collection gathers quotes framed around 'you' - from candid reflections on body image pressures passed down in families to observations about how humor can mask real vulnerability. Many touch on how what you know about yourself differs from how others perceive you.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
We were driving by the local athletic association in Orange Park, Florida, and there was this sign for T-ball signups. I was maybe 6 or 7, and my dad looked at me and said, 'Hey, do you wanna give this a try?'
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
If he wasn't so vital in my younger days, I would have never kept up with baseball. At some point, your dad has to motivate you until you actually realize what you're doing.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I turned 12 or 13 years old, even as a dad, you can't make a kid play anymore, but up until that point, he pushed me to keep playing, and when I turned 13, I didn't want to do anything else. He was just there with me at the cage every day because I wanted him to go with me and throw to me and work on what I needed to work on.
- Nov 07, 2020
It's fun to meet people from throughout the world who you don't have to explain yourself to.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's always times when, the organization, we're losing 90 games at a time, and it always feels like we're developing players. But you just continue to grind and continue to do your job.
- Going
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once you have come-from-behind wins, you have confidence as a team that you're going to do it.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
That is where the power, opportunity, and choice come from-when you have money. Money equals opportunity. There is no question.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
The key to hitting a lot of home runs as a player at Kauffman Stadium is that you'd better run into some on the road.
- Earth
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- Nov 07, 2020
They're not put on earth to be martyrs; they have to want to come out. It depends on your culture, where you work, where you live. Each person's circumstances are unique.
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- Nov 07, 2020
You always expect to hit for more power.
- Difference
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- Nov 07, 2020