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

I would think every organization has pitchers who have good talent but just don't have what it takes to make it with what they've got.

My dad played for a coal-mining team in eastern Ohio; he was a very good pitcher. If he hadn't hurt his arm, he probably would have got a shot somewhere. He hurt his arm one spring, didn't warm up good enough, couldn't throw a fastball anymore. Another coal miner taught him how to throw the knuckleball.

There aren't many hitters who like facing knuckleball pitchers. They may not be intimidated by them, but they sure are thinking about them before they go into the box.

I never knew how to throw a fastball, never learned how to throw a curveball, a slider, split-finger, whatever they're throwing nowadays. I was a one-pitch pitcher.

I remember going to see my dad pitch against other coal-mining teams, and he was successful with the knuckleball. I saw how bad guys would look like swinging, and how guys talked about how he could throw every day and didn't hurt his arm. That's how I grew up learning.

Dieting is murder on the road. Show me a man who travels and I'll show you one who eats.

Bruce Froemming

Dad taught me everything I know. Unfortunately, he didn't teach me everything he knows.

Winning in my business is everything.

I've got a great team of engineers behind this race car. I've got a great bunch of mechanics that make it reliable. This car is developed to go out there and be better than the Reynard, and I feel that it is.

The only thing that's changed is the competitiveness of the series. It's only become harder to win in our series as the years have gone by. Competition breeds good things, and that's what's happened here.

If we get in an accident that's strong enough to break bones, it's going to break bones. What makes me a little bit higher risk is that if I break my right ankle again, I've got a bunch of screws and plates in there, and that would not be good.

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.

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.

There would be no Sherlock Holmes if it were not for serial publication.

Margaret Atwood