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

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

Jim Bouton

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.

Jim Bouton

Forget goals. Value the process.

Jim Bouton

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.

Phil Niekro

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.

Phil Niekro

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.

Phil Niekro

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.

Phil Niekro

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.

Phil Niekro

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

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

Al Unser

Winning in my business is everything.

Al Unser