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I remember when Satchel Paige came. Old Satchel pulled up in his Cadillac convertible.
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I wish he could have made it to see 50 years.
BLAIR SCHRADER
I wasn't sure if he was going to pitch (tonight). He tweaked his back lifting weights and it was 50-...
GEORGE HORTON
What drove him to it, who pushed him to it, I don't know, ... I wish I could find out.
BASHIR AHMED
I just made one bad pitch, I put it where he could hit it and he did. He just hit the pitch that he ...
BRANDON ERBE
I wish I could talk to Annette, but she doesn't even correspond at this point.
FRANKIE AVALON
I made a bad pitch and he did what he was supposed to do with it.
DERRICK TURNBOW
Obviously, I threw him a pitch I wish I could have back,
BRAD LIDGE
Willie Wells, Ray Dandridge, Leon Day, Buck Leonard, Quincy Troupe, Satchel Paige - earlier than whe...
MONTE IRVIN
Roger Clemens is here to watch his kid. You should go talk to him. I think he might have a little bi...
DOUG HENRY
He was just somebody you could talk to and carry on with. He could pick at me and I could pick at hi...
EARL HATCHER
We go one game and one pitch at a time. I don't think about what we did the last game. I always try ...
BRITTANY MATTHEWS
He just wanted to talk about the day each one of us had. What I did, what he did.
BILLY DONOVAN
I would love to talk to Twain and find out what he would say. I think he would have a real fun twink...
CHRIS PACKARD
Don't wish to be normal. Wish to be yourself. To the hilt. Find out what you're best at, and develop...
LOIS MCMASTER BUJOLD
If you wish to understand a philosopher, do not ask what he says, but find out what he wants
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
He (her father) figured out I'm not going to see anything on the inside and if I did, I could still ...
ASHLEY HANEWICH
I almost wish I could be more exciting, that I could match what is happening out there to me.
WHITNEY HOUSTON
At about the 85 to 90 pitch mark, I don't know if he got a little tired and stopped over-throwing or...
MIKE HARGROVE
I don't know. Next time I pitch [at home] I will try to do what I did today. The only thing I have t...
CLAUDIO VARGAS
What comes up most often? I wish we could have dinner together; I wish we could talk more about what...
CARL HINDY
Daisy stared worriedly into his shadowed face. “What if you change your mind about me? What if you...
LISA KLEYPAS
I'm a grown man, ... I take full responsibility for what I did. It was a ball. I don't like it. I le...
JOSE GUILLEN
I wish it never happened. I wish he would have never done what he did. He (Sale) wrecked a lot of li...
MICHAEL ELLIOTT
They were loud. Every pitch, every strike, they got louder and louder. I wish it could be like that ...
JOE NATHAN
That pitch he struck Trot out on was the one I used to swing at.
TOBY HALL
I wish I could draw.
FREDDIE HIGHMORE
Paige did a nice job, striking out 13 and walking only four allowing one hit.
ROBIN WOZNY
When you are not sure what to do, take action. You will quickly find out.
JEFFREY FRY
He?s got to learn how to pitch. He?s got to learn how to pitch out of his own jams. You can?t reliev...
BILL MASSE
Paige did say the morgues are full, and they're not sure what to do with all of the bodies.
DICK STUTSMAN
Get this (economic plan) passed. Later on, we can all debate it.
, TO NEW HAMPSHIRE LEGISLATORS
I have no idea what kind of advice my father would have given me, were he still around. More than an...
BRIAN CLOUGH
Absolutely, like Roger Clemens. He already should've won 300 games and be headed to Cooperstown, ......
GARY CARTER
He found a realtor, looked at homes, bought one and furnished it, got a mortgage and the whole deal,...
GREGG POPOVICH
I wish you could see what I see when I look at you.
ALLISON PANG
How did I know this? I could see his lips moving. At one point, he screwed up his courage and asked ...
DIANNE DANIELS
He could never find a spot to drop in after breaking from the outside but I don't think it was a dis...
JEFF TROSCLAIR
He gave me some knuckles and said 'That 'a boy,'
KOBY CLEMENS
It kind of hit me just a little bit because it's always been a dream for me to go play at UT,
KOBY CLEMENS
Everyone is their own man. It's kind of easier that I'm not a pitcher, but they still expect a lot o...
KOBY CLEMENS
I really don't see it, ... It will take me at least a couple of years to get there, and he won't wan...
KOBY CLEMENS
[Clemens, a right-handed hitter with power to all fields, has hit over .300 with Greeneville and bel...
KOBY CLEMENS
says Koby. ''He took us shopping. On the first day he took us to a big Wal-Mart and he was like a ki...
KOBY CLEMENS
I'd much rather hit. I hated pitching, ... When you have my dad's name on your back, it's like weari...
KOBY CLEMENS
I think having him here some has been a big help to me, ... And I don't think any of the other playe...
KOBY CLEMENS
I don't think of it as pressure,
KOBY CLEMENS
I'll talk to him and find out who he is, ... to my satisfaction.
CARL WEBSTER
I talk and talk and talk, and I haven't taught people in 50 years what my father taught by example i...
MARIO CUOMO
I was kind of stressed out. I thought to myself I've got to find something. I need to make a pitch.
BRITTIN LARSEN
You have to tip your hat to Roger Clemens, ... He came in throwing the way he did, on a couple of da...
BOBBY COX
I felt great. It was just one bad pitch. I missed, it was right down the middle. He got his pitch, a...
JASON CHILDERS
I wish I could undo what I did at Enron but I can't. I understand that I deserve punishment. You...
ANDREW FASTOW
We're going to pitch, but we didn't pitch great today. There's no doubt about that. Clayton McMillan...
JAMES MANSINGER
I wish I had a boyfriend. I wish he lived in the wardrobe on a coat hanger. Whenever I wanted, I cou...
JENNY DOWNHAM
Tip your to hat to Roger Clemens. You could tell he was ouchy there, and we didn't get anything off ...
TONY LA RUSSA
That's just mind over matter, ... You have to go out there and realize what you're getting ready for...
JASON ISRINGHAUSEN
38. “A wet bird never flies at night.” (My grandfather said that to me when I was a child and wa...
JAMES C. DOBSON
I didn't work out with Kobe. I don't know where that came from. I wish I could have.
KAWHI LEONARD
I wish I could go back to the day I met you, and kick you in the fucking balls for doing what you di...
MCKENNA LEE BORLAND-WINNINGHAM
I'll quit tanning when the satchel handle grows out of my back.
KELLY RIPA
I'm just trying to pitch. I just have to go out and do what I can do.
SEAN MARSHALL
I think he was being pressured to pitch for his country. I think the pressure is what made this guy ...
JOE LONGO
Rafe made people find something in themselves...(he) made me dream, he saw what I could hope to be, ...
RANDALL WALLACE
He actually came out with an extraordinary deal, considering what he did. I think the jurors could b...
KENT SCHAFFER
The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m...
ANDREW TO
Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt...
ANDREW TO
Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank...
ANDREW TO
The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ...
ANDREW TO
Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate...
ANDREW TO
We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ...
ANDREW TO
Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices.
ANDREW TO
I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag...
ANDREW TO
We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future.
ANDREW TO
I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea...
ANDREW TO
I wish I'd pulled harder to the bottom to block Jimmie, but we might have wrecked too. We missed the...
BRIAN VICKERS
You take your hat off to Roger Clemens. You could tell he was ouchy there a little bit.
TONY LA RUSSA
I talked to him. He's tired of it, too. You could tell he was a little distraught about the whole th...
DUSTY BAKER
I did talk to him (after the angioplasty) and he sounds wonderful.
CINDY DAVIDSMEYER
Going out there I think he was at 76 pitches. I told him he was one over 75, we'll take him up to 80...
AARON NIECKULA
I don't understand it, but I wish I did. We can go out and get beat by almost 50 points and then tur...
JEFF PRICE
I wish I could explain what happened. Nothing seemed to be where I wanted it and it was after Hollid...
RUSS ORTIZ
I wish i could tell you what i feel for you... nothing seems right not even you... i wish i could as...
SHIVANGI LAVANIYA
When I look at that, I don't see that. Did he miss some throws that he should have made? Sure, and I...
BRAD CHILDRESS
If I had about $100 million, I could do that ? that's what he left out, ... He makes about $50 milli...
JOE GIBBS
Drinking tea with a pinch of imagination!
50 WAYS TO DRINK TEA
He could be a power guy like Clemens or he could be a finesse guy like Radke. Or he could end up in ...
GUY HANSEN
You don't tell an astronaut what to do.
ATMOSPHERE
Human is what he decides to be.
ZAMAN ALI
You gotta pay your dues to sing the blues.
CAROL PLUM-UCCI
You're supposed to be kind to everyone, because you never know when you're meeting an angel.
CAROL PLUM-UCCI
I'm proud of Richie for coming up here and running like he did. I wish he could have won it, to be h...
GREG ANDERSON
What did I want? I wanted the war to be over so I could ask her out.
RUTA SEPETYS
I used to sit there and look over my shoulder at Irv when he was playing and wonder, what did this g...
DICK FAZIO
[The pitchers] need to carry out what we've given them. I've often found out it is easier for that p...
JOE GIRARDI
I wish I could be taking golf right now. That's what I want to be working on when I get out, becomin...
JAY HENRY
You did JFK, Jr. and I watched that interview. I noticed you were nervous. He wanted to promote [the...
BILLY BUSH
I wish we could clone him. He is such a wonderful supporter. I wish we could spread him to every art...
LYNN BARNETT
I can understand how he can take that (comment) to be what I didn't intend it to be so I can't fault...
CURT SCHILLING
I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. W...
JOAN DIDION

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