You needed to perform your best and you were going to use everything that's legal to help you do it. You worked to get that job and you wanted to stay in the lineup. If you got out of the lineup, you might never get back in.
Ralph Kiner
Related Long-time viewing of Internet violence tend to change a person's temperament, making the person pron... YOU QUANXI If positive and healthy materials are absent, negative materials are sure to be dominant in the cybe... YOU QUANXI In a robust global business environment, our business units operated well in the first quarter. More... HARRY YOU The Board of Directors and I are pleased to recognize Peter's outstanding contribution to the succes... HARRY YOU We are pleased to close the books on 2004 following the painstaking review of almost five years of f... HARRY YOU How to get it, I annoy you??? You are not interested??? What's the idea??? DEYTH BANGER The love you get, is equal to the love you give. BEN OAK Little drops of rain Whisper of the pain Tears of love Lost in the days gone by. ROBERT PLANT "THANK YOU" When you face the Cleveland Indians, you got to bring your 'A' game. You face that kind of a lineup ... OZZIE GUILLEN I wouldn’t change a thing Because all those things led me to this place And to you ELIZABETH EULBERG Quiet anger frightens me. The drunks, the idiots, the ones that rage easily - them I can handle. I k... KATIE MCGARRY When you're going to face the Cleveland Indians, you've got to bring your ace game. Freddy was not o... OZZIE GUILLEN How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine." The Q... LEWIS CARROLL Your ears love to hear, so speak to it SOTONYE ANGA Daisy stared worriedly into his shadowed face. “What if you change your mind about me? What if you... LISA KLEYPAS Do you know what it's like to love and be alone? ABRAHAM POLONSKY Be who you want to be not what others think you should be. BILAL SAIF Adrenaline wants to kill you... DEYTH BANGER You have enough time to do everything God wants you to do. CRAIG GROESCHEL Cam was sitting on the bed, still clothed. His head was lowered, hands braced on his knees in the po... LISA KLEYPAS Remember, to get what you've never had, you must do what you've never done. But to get what you once... CRAIG GROESCHEL I think it sets the tone for the whole team. Hitting at the top of the lineup, your job is to get on... BRIAN ERNST Dare to follow your own paths. Dare to be yourself. Dare to be different. LAILAH GIFTYAKITA To do this job, you really have to love what you're doing. EDWARD KITSIS If you love your job, if you love the career, you have one mission - to do it perfect and well. Do t... MAN WONG you just can't wait to get out of your head, can you?" "if you were in here you might want that... MAGGIE STIEFVATER If you're going to go to the moon, you don't shoot the rocket right at the moon. You have to... DREW HOUSTON Dare to seize all the opportunities on your paths. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA 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 Even if you determine it's in your best interest to leave, you still have to perform during that per... HARRY E. CHAMBERS If you're going to stay in the Olympics, you've got to be entertaining and get sponsorship. DAN GABLE To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be. GOLDA MEIR You could try to believe what you wanted, but it never worked. Your brain and your heart decided wha... CAROL RIFKA BRUNT If you want to perform at your ultimate best, if you want to be the best you can be in sports and in... JONATHAN LIPNICKI When you give, you will be blessed. When you give, it will be given back to you. CRAIG GROESCHEL But surely for everything you have to love you have to pay some price. AGATHA CHRISTIE If you don't like it, learn to love it! RIC FLAIR The life of a vampire begins with the first bite. A.J. GALLANT My assumption when I began writing was that you were never going to make any money. And you were nev... DOROTHY ALLISON Crisis is not a nine-to-five job... Crisis happens when you least expect it. JUDY SMITH HATERS BACK OFF!!! MIRANDA SINGS He's for you and wants to help you be the person He created you to be. CRAIG GROESCHEL When you look at our lineup, you expect those guys to get points, and they have. ANTTI LAAKSONEN If you leave your dreams on your pillow, you might as well just stay in bed. To make dreams come tru... TONI SORENSON To be a CEO is a calling. You should not do it because it is a job. It is a calling, and you have go... INDRA NOOYI Shelley, you’re just like that oyster.” God confronted me on the deeper areas of my life that I ... SHELLEY LUBBEN I've got to be honest, there's no pleasure when you're working. DANA PLATO Everyone was always hungry. The poorer you were, the hungrier you were, and with the hunger came wea... ELLIOT PERLMAN I think you've got to stay out of your own way. That's the worst thing that can happen to you if you... CHAD CAMPBELL One of the great joys of being an actor is you get to go back to school. JOHN BENJAMIN HICKEY I had never considered that you might miss a job like you missed a limb -- a constant, reflexive thi... JOJO MOYES What is it that makes you so angry, bothers you so deeply, that you're compelled to act? CRAIG GROESCHEL If youre going to do it, do it, ... If youre going to put on a stage show and go crazy and go wi... ERIC DILL Baseball players get booed sometimes, but if you get stressed out about it, you can't perform. In or... LEE SEUNG YEOP I think that many people will intentionally overlook all of the lifeless facts about their relations... C. JOYBELL C. Maybe, if you can't get someone out of your head they were never meant to leave. Perhaps, they were ... SHANNON L. ALDER Freddy Garcia is a competitor, and the Detroit Tigers have the best lineup in the Central, no questi... OZZIE GUILLEN If you've got a big gut and you start doing sit-ups, you are going to get bigger because you bui... JACK LALANNE This is your moment. You're meant to be here. HERB BROOKS Stand for something. Make your life mean something. Start where you are with what you have. You are ... GERMANY KENT Once you get out of that rhythm and you're trying to get back into that rhythm sometimes you try to ... ERIK AINGE They wouldn't leave, they knew the job needed to be done and they were going to stay until it was fi... CHARLES WILSON That's a tough lineup, and you have to make pitches in good locations to get them out. I think he go... MIKE SCIOSCIA When one feels like giving up when you must continue and do is a lot different from when you must ye... ARMANDO RODRIGUEZ When one feels like giving up when you must continue and do is a lot different from when you must ye... ARMANDO RODRIGUEZ JR Anyway, I'm glad you found her. (Calypso) You promised to find a way back to her, and I just wanted ... RICK RIORDAN Do not let the tears fool you. She lied and cheated once, she will again. Your call to continue with... TREVON CLARK I don't think man and woman should be compared, You don't compare things that complete one another. FAITH N. Those who want to hear from you will let you hear from them. TREVON CLARK You know that we've got a few problems we need to talk through before we get married." "I... SUSAN ELIZABETH PHILLIPS It's not easy. I got lots of rejections when I first started out. If you want to write, you have... RICK RIORDAN You are not a bad person because you are gay. You are you because you are you and you were meant to ... TEGAN QUIN Too easy to get = Just as easy to forget. MANDY HALE Don’t keep your greatness; exhibit it to the admiration of all but note however also to keep your ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Give her credit, if you can shut out our lineup you have done a hell of a job. JEFF KELLEY If you care about something enough, it’s going to make you cry. But you have to use it. Use your t... SHERMAN ALEXIE You can't let yourself get caught up in things you can't control. The main thing you have to worry a... BRANDON DUCKWORTH When we came up, we were always told go the opposite field no matter what. If you didn't go the oppo... TORII HUNTER Your chances of success are directly proportional to the degree of pleasure you desire from what you... MICHAEL KORDA Anytime you can get your best hitter back in the game it's going to be good for you. DARIN LOE It's easier on yourself to know, regardless of how you do, you're going to be in the lineup. ADRIAN GONZALEZ You have to be good , you know? You have to have your manager feel that he needs to put you in the l... ERIC BYRNES When you get beat like that in the first set you know you have to give it everything you have to sta... FLAVIA PENNETTA Dare to seize and make the most of all opportunities that life bring to your path. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA When you get a lot of runs to work with, it makes your job easier, but you also don't want to go bac... KIRK SAARLOOS When you start out in a team, you have to get the teamwork going and then you get something back. MICHAEL SCHUMACHER With success comes responsibility of playing your part, to do what you can to help not only those th... ROB DYRDEK Coach told us at the beginning of the game we were going to play (a) small lineup, so you must be re... BENO UDRIH He's going to give you that veteran talk, 'You need to go ahead and get your money,' ... That's beca... DEANGELO WILLIAMS You have to make the most of these chances while you get them. It's a thrill to play in front of 10,... ERIC DUNCAN You never got what you wanted; you just learned to get by without it. CELESTE NG
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