- 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
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
The way you have to think in chess is good for everyday thinking, really, especially for brothers in the urban community who never take that second look, never take that second thought.
- Nov 07, 2020
You guys are both saying the same thing. The only reason you're arguing is because you're using different words.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
As great a public speaker as I am, I don't know have - I don't - I don't have the words to describe Cub fans who welcomed me as a rookie, were patient through my 1-for-32 start, and took me into their homes and into their hearts and treated me like a member of their family. You picked me up when I was down.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
There were a lot of players who worked just as hard as I did, and if you didn't, you didn't stay in the big leagues.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fact is that all of us have only one personality, and we wring it out like a dishtowel. You are what you are.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
I tell my sons, I say, if you're going somewhere, you don't have to wear a hoodie - we live in New York, so a hoodie and all that is all good. But sometimes, you know, button up your shirt. Clean up.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
Get your work in. Work hard at it. Give it your best effort. And if you get an opportunity, be ready for it. That's respect for the game.
- Horse
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd horsewhip you if I had a horse.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I'm a cop, and every time I see a young black youth - whether I watch them on TV, movies, or just see them hanging out - and they're not looking properly dressed, properly refined, you know, carrying himself, conducting himself proper hours of the day - things that a man does - you're going to have a certain fear and stereotype of them.
- Parenting
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- Nov 07, 2020
Parenting is something that I got early, because when you grow up without a father being there, and you see a single mother struggle to feed the kids, you do not want to put your own blood through that.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been in baseball my whole life, so I understand there's a lot in baseball that is out of your control, and you have to focus on the things you can control.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Twenty percent of my records, you'll find a loop, like two or three loops per album out of 13 or 15 songs. I'd rather keep it like that.
- Get
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- Nov 07, 2020
You don't get hits if you're depressed.
- Great Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020