My message to a lot of guys is, if you like school and you like education, baseball is gonna be there, and you can get some of the same great competition in college that you do in the low minor leagues.


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I was a Presbyterian minister at a small church in Omaha, Nebraska.
SAM BARRY
Music was in the air when I was growing up. My siblings Katy, Dave and Phil were musical; my dad wor...
SAM BARRY
I picked up a harmonica and taught myself.
SAM BARRY
I don't really know much about pirates, or pirate culture. I'd be a contrarian pirate.
TODD BARRY
We are quite at ease in this no man's land of ignorance and doubt and dispute, absorbed in the a...
BARRY UNSWORTH
Get up, groan, write a bit, moan, eat breakfast, write some more, cycle my bike through the Sligo hi...
KEVIN BARRY
We operate under a jury system in this country, and as much as we complain about it, we have to admi...
DAVE BARRY
For me, the worst part of playing golf, by far, has always been hitting the ball.
DAVE BARRY
What may seem depressing or even tragic to one person may seem like an absolute scream to another pe...
DAVE BARRY
Eating rice cakes is like chewing on a foam coffee cup, only less filling.
DAVE BARRY
Snowboarding is an activity that is very popular with people who do not feel that regular skiing is ...
DAVE BARRY
If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will ...
DAVE BARRY
Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it's open to a...
DAVE BARRY
The four building blocks of the universe are fire, water, gravel and vinyl.
DAVE BARRY
It is a scientific fact that your body will not absorb cholesterol if you take it from another perso...
DAVE BARRY
The Sixties are now considered a historical period, just like the Roman Empire.
DAVE BARRY
I remember my comic strips being called 'new wave.' It bugged me.
LYNDA BARRY
I got into film school. I went and didn't know anything about it. Over the course of two years, ...
BARRY JENKINS
I looked up to my father when I was 7 and 8. I believed it was my calling to be in the big leagues. ...
BARRY ZITO
I can count my friends on one hand.
BARRY ZITO
I think in the bullpen you can tell during your warmups, if you have a good feel for it. But anythin...
BARRY ZITO
Big league defense is going to get outs most times.
BARRY ZITO
The outfield is solid, so is the catching and the infield.
BARRY ZITO
It's not like I'm some kind of veteran and there is this huge age gap. I identify with them ...
BARRY ZITO
I'm OK being the veteran, but I'm still just a kid.
BARRY ZITO
I do look forward to keeping in touch with the guys, because we'll always be connected in people...
BARRY ZITO
I hadn't focused on mechanics since I signed professionally.
BARRY ZITO
I was this 5-7 pudgy kid in high school... I wasn't a popular kid. I was an outcast.
BARRY ZITO
I refuse to be molded into some stereotypical ballplayer that has no interests, really, no life, no ...
BARRY ZITO
Meyer and I have a bit in common because we're both left-handed. I think it's great that he ...
BARRY ZITO
I just write mechanical things.
BARRY ZITO
I feel I can hang out with any group of people and find common ground to talk with them.
BARRY ZITO
Regardless of what you want to call it, guys need some type of spirituality they can grab onto. If i...
BARRY ZITO
Everyone focuses on the earthly state, but how cool might death be? I believe in spiritual rebirth, ...
BARRY ZITO
Some people pray to a totem pole, some people pray to a sun, some people pray to a god. It all works...
BARRY ZITO
I view my pitching on how confident I was out there, period. And if I lose that confidence, I can be...
BARRY ZITO
When someone becomes successful or rich and famous, people perceive that person as being different. ...
BARRY ZITO
I don't totally believe that all of the politicians see a problem with the gap between the score...
BARRY WILLIAMS
Tiger the dog had a showdown with a fast moving flower truck in the middle of the street and lost.
BARRY WILLIAMS
One preacher turned me on, another turned me off.
BARRY WHITE
Most families had four, five brothers. But because it was just me and Darryl, we had to be twice as ...
BARRY WHITE
Elton John's opinion turned the label's opinion around, all in a day.
BARRY WHITE
The whole system of society tells you what to do.
BARRY WHITE
I've always loved War's Low Rider and Sly Stone's Thank You, and I just wanted to put my...
BARRY WHITE
People are always looking for me to be a freak, weird.
BARRY WHITE