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Los Angeles was jump-started by the construction of the Staples Center.


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RANDY JOHNSON I threw a lot of balls and walked a lot of batters. Not something I'm proud of, but something I ...
RANDY JOHNSON I've refined my mechanics, refined my pitches. I've gotten more confidence, and I've got...
RANDY JOHNSON The word 'potential' used to hang over me like a cloud.
RANDY JOHNSON I expect to win. I've never been content with anything I've ever done.
RANDY JOHNSON People who say they're not nervous - I would be kind of curious to see how successful you are at...
RANDY JOHNSON When you can throw 97 miles an hour and put the ball over the plate anytime you want, it's fun.
RANDY JOHNSON Maybe I've lost a little, but I think everyone does over time. People have been writing that I&#...
RANDY JOHNSON I learned a lot from not having success, and realizing when you do have success, how hard it is to m...
RANDY JOHNSON The definition of swagger, in my opinion, is you have to have that arrogance, that confidence that y...
KEYSHAWN JOHNSON While waiting for a Moses to lead us into the promised land, we have forgotten how to walk.
WENDELL JOHNSON I throw as hard as I can when I think I have to throw as hard as I can.
WALTER JOHNSON Can I throw harder than Joe Wood? Listen mister, no man alive can throw any harder than Smokey Joe W...
WALTER JOHNSON You can't hit what you can't see.
WALTER JOHNSON It takes a long, hard effort and sustained determination to reduce crime. We will stay the course an...
JACK JOHNSON My friend told me later he got the chicken pox. I told him I caught politics and never got over it.
JACK JOHNSON Slow down, everyone. You're moving too fast.
JACK JOHNSON I made a lot of mistakes out of the ring, but I never made any in it.
JACK JOHNSON It's as simple as something that nobody knows.
JACK JOHNSON If it seems like you are playing around and not practicing, that's when you know you really love...
JACK JOHNSON Our dreams are made of real things, like a shoebox full of photographs.
JACK JOHNSON