Quote authors in 1939

Authors of 1939

Born or Deceased in 1939

George Archer

George Archer

Born :1 October 1939

Ralph Boston

Ralph Boston

Born :9 May 1939

Jim Bouton

Jim Bouton

Born :8 March 1939

Lou Brock

Lou Brock

Born :18 June 1939

Bruce Froemming

Bruce Froemming

Born :28 September 1939

Bob Lilly

Bob Lilly

Born :26 July 1939

Phil Niekro

Phil Niekro

Born :1 April 1939

Bill Toomey

Bill Toomey

Born :10 January 1939

Lee Trevino

Lee Trevino

Born :1 December 1939

Al Unser

Al Unser

Born :29 May 1939

Carl Yastrzemski

Carl Yastrzemski

Born :22 August 1939

Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood

Born :18 November 1939

Toni Cade Bambara

Toni Cade Bambara

Born :25 March 1939

Quotes of 1939

Quotes taken from the authors in 1939

Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?

You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time.

Forget goals. Value the process.

Too many athletes do not admit their weaknesses.

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

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

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

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.

I was not in the church, but we claim, like so many people, 'Yeah, I grew up in the church.' Well yeah, I grew up in the church and went to church, but I knew nothing about the Lord. I had no idea what it meant about walking in faith.

There is a definite loneliness in the game. Most people stay away from you since they think they're intruding upon your time. And after the ball game, when it's 11 o'clock and you want to eat dinner some place, the restaurants are closed.

I had a job on college campus. I lost that job, but on my way home I heard an inner voice that said go out for the baseball team. I was a walk-on, and I was actually petrified as a walk-on because you're not an athlete.

Some players tell me that since retiring they've had the urge to go somewhere every three days. To satisfy that urge, they may even jump in the car and drive around the block.

If I had any interest in coming back to baseball, it would be as a general manager and not as a manager.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

When you dream, you dialogue with aspects of yourself that normally are not with you in the daytime and you discover that you know a great deal more than you thought you did.

Toni Cade Bambara

It's a dismally lonely business, writing.

Toni Cade Bambara