Quote authors in 1934

Authors of 1934

Born or Deceased in 1934

Hank Aaron

Hank Aaron

Born :5 February 1934

Elgin Baylor

Elgin Baylor

Born :16 September 1934

Tom Heinsohn

Tom Heinsohn

Born :26 August 1934

Al Kaline

Al Kaline

Born :19 December 1934

John McGraw

John McGraw

Tribute :25 February 1934

Bill Russell

Bill Russell

Born :12 February 1934

Bart Starr

Bart Starr

Born :9 January 1934

Earl Wilson

Earl Wilson

Born :2 October 1934

Joan Didion

Joan Didion

Born :5 December 1934

Wole Soyinka

Wole Soyinka

Born :13 July 1934

Quotes of 1934

Quotes taken from the authors in 1934

As the wonderful agony begins for 1964-65, I sometimes wonder why I do it. I've got an insurance business going on the side, and it is starting to grow nicely. Selling insurance fulfills me, in a way, like basketball. But basketball keeps calling me back. I suppose I'll play until I can't keep up with the kids any longer.

In every game, there's three teams out there. There's the two basketball teams and the team of officials. If the two teams are evenly matched, it can come down to number of possessions. If one out-of-bounds call goes the wrong way, that can be the difference.

I enjoy watching competitive people. You watch 'em come and you watch 'em go, and how they try to be the best. How they handle when they're not. How they handle when they are. How they get along together on the court.

About the time you think you are getting to know the moves in this game, someone comes along and does everything but undress you on the basketball floor. Standing there under the basket with your hands cupped - and finding that you don't have the ball in them - is a great little old leveler

I play basketball for love and money, and they come in interchangeable order, depending on how things are going when you ask the question.

Coaching is easy. Winning is the hard part.

If you look up the definition of greatness in the dictionary, it will say Michael Jordan.

Switching to the outfield was the best break I ever got.

I didn't know who was on the team, but I saw every eye as I walked down the aisle. It looked like a thousand eyes were staring right at me saying, 'Who is this young punk?' I just kept my eyes straight ahead.

Players shy away from talking to announcers today.

All of a sudden I'm in the major leagues and we're traveling from town to town. I see the other players dressing different every day. I've got only one suit and I keep wearing it over and over. I'm really embarrassed.

I was very, very shocked about Cooperstown. I thought my chances were fairly good, but I tried to stay low key about it, not too high and not too low. That was the way I played, too.

Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is 80% of being a successful hitter. The other 20% is just execution.

The pitcher has got only a ball. I've got a bat. So the percentage in weapons is in my favor and I let the fellow with the ball do the fretting.

I never smile when I have a bat in my hands. That's when you've got to be serious. When I get out on the field, nothing's a joke to me. I don't feel like I should walk around with a smile on my face.

The thing I like about baseball is that it's one-on-one. You stand up there alone, and if you make a mistake, it's your mistake. If you hit a home run, it's your home run.

On the field, blacks have been able to be super giants. But, once our playing days are over, this is the end of it and we go back to the back of the bus again.

The truth is, it's easier for me to write than talk... to express the state I'm in at any time.

I've never been keen on open adoption. It doesn't seem to solve the main problem with adoption, which is that somebody feels she was abandoned by someone else.

You aren't sure if you're making the right decision - about anything, ever.