Quote authors in 1944

Authors of 1944

Born or Deceased in 1944

Rick Barry

Rick Barry

Born :28 March 1944

Steve Carlton

Steve Carlton

Born :22 December 1944

Joe Frazier

Joe Frazier

Born :12 January 1944

Tug McGraw

Tug McGraw

Born :30 August 1944

Earl Monroe

Earl Monroe

Born :21 November 1944

Tom Seaver

Tom Seaver

Born : 1944

Emanuel Steward

Emanuel Steward

Born :7 July 1944

Jack Henry Abbott

Jack Henry Abbott

Born :21 January 1944

Jack Canfield

Jack Canfield

Born :19 August 1944

Jack L. Chalker

Jack L. Chalker

Born :17 December 1944

Paula Danziger

Paula Danziger

Born :18 August 1944

Quotes of 1944

Quotes taken from the authors in 1944

Ninety percent I'll spend on good times, women and Irish Whiskey. The other ten percent I'll probably waste.

I don't know, I never smoked AstroTurf.

I have no trouble with the twelve inches between my elbow and my palm. It's the seven inches between my ears that's bent

Kids should practice autographing baseballs. This is a skill that's often overlooked in Little League.

I've wanted somehow to convey to you the sensations - the atmospheric pressure, you might say - of what it is to be seriously a long-term prisoner in an American prison.

Jack Henry Abbott

I have been desperate to escape for so many years now, it is routine for me to try to escape.

Jack Henry Abbott

When I'm forced by circumstances to be in a crowd of prisoners, it's all I can do to refrain from attack.

Jack Henry Abbott

Imagine a thousand more such daily intrusions in your life, every hour and minute of every day, and you can grasp the source of this paranoia, this anger that could consume me at any moment if I lost control.

Jack Henry Abbott

One morning I woke up and was plunged into psychological shock. I had forgotten I was free.

Jack Henry Abbott

There are only two places in the league - first place and no place.

If the Mets can win the World Series, the United States can get out of Vietnam.

The good rising fastball is the best pitch in baseball.

In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted, if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end.

I began these clinics because I want to share my years of experience in around the ring, in addition to my proven winning methods. I have seen the good and the bad. I have learned valuable lessons, which I want to pass along to those truly interested in the sport.

Emanuel Steward

When I was a little kid I wanted to be an artist or a painter. But once I got into boxing, all I wanted was to box.

Emanuel Steward

If there is one abiding theme in the gym, it's the withering work in the ring. Those not fit do not survive.

Emanuel Steward

Hopefully in 2011 the fans will get to see some fights that they want to see. Manny Pacquiao Vs. Floyd Mayweather needs to happen, and so does David Haye Vs. Wladimir Klitschko. The fans deserve to see fights that they want to see and not just the fights that the promoters want to see.

Emanuel Steward

I used to love to see Willie Pep and Ray Robinson. To me, the epitome of a great athlete is a great boxer. I just love the rhythm of seeing a man dance, slip punches. I loved the dancers and boxers. I would see them and be mesmerized.

Emanuel Steward

I grew up in Beaufort, South Carolina, in a six-room farmhouse with a couple of leaning posts to keep it from fallin'. I came up in a time when men were men.

This is just another man, another fight, another payday.