[Quotable:] My first year in the big leagues was 1948, and the way we won the pennant, how easy it was, I thought, 'Man, we are going to play in the World Series every year.' I never realized until later how tough it was and what a big thing it is to win the pennant and get to the World Series. I found out in a hurry. When we lost to Cleveland and their great pitching staff, that's when I knew how really tough it is. ... Tales from the Tribe Dugout


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ALVIN HELLERSTEIN
The snuffing out of sound is not a permissible exercise under the First Amendment,
ALVIN HELLERSTEIN
Masks have a tortured history in the United States, creating fear and fear of physical violence on t...
ALVIN HELLERSTEIN
As President Bush said, we fight to spread freedom so the freedoms of Americans will be made more se...
ALVIN HELLERSTEIN
Indeed, the freedoms we champion are as important to our success in Iraq and Afghanistan as the guns...
ALVIN HELLERSTEIN
It's tough to throw over Shawn Marion. If you throw it over Shawn Marion, you're probably throwing i...
ALVIN GENTRY
I don't know if there's another guy that you could say 'Well, he guarded Yao Ming and then the next ...
ALVIN GENTRY
Dan's high school used to have this shirt that said 'organized chaos,' and that's pretty much what i...
ALVIN GENTRY
Every night, you can pencil in 20 and 10, and now all of a sudden you can pencil in 25 and 11. That'...
ALVIN GENTRY
For the most part, you just have to fight through it mentally. Once you do that, you can deal with t...
ALVIN GENTRY
Or Rip comes off and finds Chauncey Billups right here.
ALVIN GENTRY
They'd come in and he'd already have a full sweat going. He definitely set a tone going into trainin...
ALVIN GENTRY
Eddie House missed some shots that he's going to make. I thought he did a good job (running the offe...
ALVIN GENTRY
What really keeps me inspired is to get messages across.
ALVIN FRANCO
Everyone you've ever met is actually a part of who you are today. Even your own enemies, the ones wh...
ALVIN FRANCO
It's really amazing what a single act of kindness can do. Well, it's gotten me to be a lot more soci...
ALVIN FRANCO
It's basically my own life story as of high school.
ALVIN FRANCO
I'm always busy filming something -- I document everything I do, I've found out that I can put it to...
ALVIN FRANCO
It's like a separate body part to me, you can ask anyone in my school, they've never seen me not wit...
ALVIN FRANCO
The expectation in this community is so high, they'd run me out of town if I didn't make it. The atm...
ALVIN COPELAND
What hurt us the most was missed key rebounds and easy baskets.
ALVIN COPELAND
It seemed like it stayed on 33 (points) forever. The only thing that helped us was that they didn't ...
ALVIN COPELAND
I had some concerns with (being too confident) coming in. Sometimes you have to get teams up to play...
ALVIN COPELAND
It hurt us to lose by one point to Perry. I told the it would come down to that.
ALVIN COPELAND
The last time they beat us in the Christmas tournament, they said we played tired. We wanted to make...
ALVIN COPELAND
It used to upset me because I felt like she didn't care one way or another. Now I know that she care...
ALVIN COPELAND
Any time you hit threes, it puts you right back in the game. I told them to try and not give (Perry)...
ALVIN COPELAND
Anytime we jump out to a big lead is a major concern. We won, which is most important in the end. Bu...
ALVIN COPELAND
We've won state championships when we haven't won region. It's not over.
ALVIN COPELAND
Surely the perpetrator could have just taken the car and left them unharmed? Instead an unborn child...
ALVIN BEST
For three-and-a-half hours the doctors tried to save baby Jenna, but it was all in vain. Later the h...
ALVIN BEST
David was then shot in the chest.
ALVIN BEST
David pleaded with the hijacker, begging him not to harm them. He repeatedly told the gunman 'We do ...
ALVIN BEST
The best thing is the surroundings. You're in the middle of the forest and you have a river flowing ...
ALVIN ANDERSON
In winter, places look very different, and it gives a feeling of exploration. It rejuvenates you for...
ALVIN ANDERSON
I think people area a little intimidated by it sometimes... It's basically hiking -- you're not cold...
ALVIN ANDERSON
You can get snow blindness if you're not careful.
ALVIN ANDERSON
Avalanche danger is something to consider. That's only an issue when there are steep slopes above yo...
ALVIN ANDERSON
The most enjoyable thing for me is having the feeling of being in pure nature where you're there and...
ALVIN ANDERSON
Going around the city, seeing the signs, with John Tyler and things like that, it showed us the enti...
ALVIN ANDERSON
When they went to the state, and came back as a state champion, then we were all sisters and brother...
ALVIN ANDERSON
When they came to John Tyler they were really disappointed that they had to go there and they felt r...
ALVIN ANDERSON
They felt like losing the school was losing the community really.
ALVIN ANDERSON
I'm attracted to long-legged girls with long arms and a little head.
ALVIN AILEY