Quote authors in 1946

Authors of 1946

Born or Deceased in 1946

Bob Beamon

Bob Beamon

Born :29 October 1946

Larry Csonka

Larry Csonka

Born :25 December 1946

Jim Evans

Jim Evans

Born :5 November 1946

Catfish Hunter

Catfish Hunter

Born :8 April 1946

Reggie Jackson

Reggie Jackson

Born :18 May 1946

Walter Johnson

Walter Johnson

Tribute :10 December 1946

Jack Johnson

Jack Johnson

Tribute :10 June 1946

Art Shell

Art Shell

Born :26 November 1946

Stan Smith

Stan Smith

Born :14 December 1946

Logan Pearsall Smith

Logan Pearsall Smith

Tribute :2 March 1946

Julian Barnes

Julian Barnes

Born :19 January 1946

Robert Asprin

Robert Asprin

Born :28 June 1946

Jerome Corsi

Jerome Corsi

Born :31 August 1946

Quotes of 1946

Quotes taken from the authors in 1946

I had some friends here from North Carolina who'd never seen a homer, so I gave them a couple.

Winning isn't everything. Wanting to win is.

The sun don't shine on the same dog's ass all the time.

Can I throw harder than Joe Wood? Listen mister, no man alive can throw any harder than Smokey Joe Wood.

I throw as hard as I can when I think I have to throw as hard as I can.

You can't hit what you can't see.

I set very high standards for myself and worked every game with the same energy and enthusiasm as if it were the seventh game of a World Series.

As a whole, the managers today are different in temperament. Most have very good communication skills and are more understanding of the umpire's job. That doesn't mean they are better managers. It just means that I perceive today's managers a bit differently.

I literally paid my way through the University of Texas with my umpiring.

I reached the point where I actually enjoyed the umpiring more than playing.

After one year in the Texas League, the American League bought the rights to my contract. They optioned me back to the Texas League for the 1970 season.

Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.

My first love was basketball.

I was reminded that when we lose and I strike out, a billion people in China don't care.

The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play.

I didn't come to New York to be a star, I brought my star with me.

When you've played this game for ten years and gone to bat seven-thousand times and gotten two-thousand hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone zero for five-thousand.

After Jackie Robinson the most important black in baseball history is Reggie Jackson, I really mean that.

I'm a complete democrat in terms of who buys my books.

There will always be non-readers, bad readers, lazy readers - there always were.