Quote authors in 1939

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Authors of 1939

Born or Deceased in 1939

George Archer

Born :1 October 1939

Ralph Boston

Born :9 May 1939

Jim Bouton

Born :8 March 1939

Lou Brock

Born :18 June 1939

Bruce Froemming

Born :28 September 1939

Bob Lilly

Born :26 July 1939

Phil Niekro

Born :1 April 1939

Bill Toomey

Born :10 January 1939

Lee Trevino

Born :1 December 1939

Al Unser

Born :29 May 1939

Carl Yastrzemski

Born :22 August 1939

Margaret Atwood

Born :18 November 1939

Toni Cade Bambara

Born :25 March 1939

Quotes of 1939

Quotes taken from the authors in 1939

Being the first to cross the finish line makes you a winner in only one phase of life. It's what you do after you cross the line that really counts.

Ralph Boston

Afraid no, I wasn't afraid but it was an unusual thing, it was an unusual feeling. It was an unusual atmosphere for me having grown up in this country and, and, and never seeing anything like that.

Ralph Boston

I think I tried to separate indoors and out. And so when he beat me indoors, I did not see that as letting anybody down, I saw it as a good head to head competition, and so it was. It was fine.

Ralph Boston

I think I was more or less, convinced of that by just the press, the US press. By people who were pressuring you, saying that you gotta beat the Russian's, if you don't win anything else, win the Russian meet and so forth.

Ralph Boston

So you had to rev your engines, to beat the Russians and I think more than anything, if the Soviet team would win, or the Soviet athletes would win, you would see and hear and read about that. Quite frequently. So they would make a big issue of it.

Ralph Boston

I think about baseball when I wake up in the morning. I think about it all day and I dream about it at night. The only time I don't think about it is when I'm playing it.

Carl Yastrzemski

You don't always make an out. Sometimes the pitcher gets you out.

Carl Yastrzemski

And if I have my choice between a pennant and a triple crown, I'll take the pennant every time.

Carl Yastrzemski

This is a strange game.

Carl Yastrzemski

The three-thousand hitting thing was the first time I let individual pressure get to me. I was uptight about it. When I saw the hit going through, I had a sigh of relief more than anything.

Carl Yastrzemski

Too many athletes do not admit their weaknesses.

Bill Toomey

The Olympic Games of the Modern Era began in 1896 in the city of Athens.

Bill Toomey

There is no one magic move or secret that creates victory, but lots of little items that when added together can make you victorious.

Bill Toomey

Realize that from the start, every activity that comprises the journey has value and the ability to teach you something.

Bill Toomey

We have made drugs an Olympic event. It receives most of the coverage at the Games and even the suspicion of guilt can ruin a reputation for life.

Bill Toomey

Chi Chi Rodriguez had as good a pair of hands as anybody I ever saw, and more shots than you can imagine. But Chi Chi had a habit of turning simple shots into difficult ones.

Lee Trevino

I'm actually a very quiet person off the golf course. I talk 150 miles per hour when I'm at the course, but when in private I very seldom ever open my mouth.

Lee Trevino

Jack Nicklaus liked to curve the ball by opening or closing the clubface at address. I never felt I was good enough to do it his way. I didn't like changing my swing path, either, which some guys do.

Lee Trevino

I have an orthopedic pillow that's made out of a sponge material. I have a plate in my throat, and I have to be careful or I could end up with a bad neck in the morning. That pillow is a must everywhere I go.

Lee Trevino

If your concentration is getting bad, take up bass fishing. It will really improve your ability to focus. If you aren't ready when that fish hits, you can't set the hook.

Lee Trevino