Quote authors in 1950

Authors of 1950

Born or Deceased in 1950

Julius Erving

Julius Erving

Born :22 February 1950

Franco Harris

Franco Harris

Born :7 March 1950

Julius Lrving

Julius Lrving

Born :22 February 1950

Harvey Martin

Harvey Martin

Born :16 November 1950

Dan Quisenberry

Dan Quisenberry

Born :7 February 1950

Mark Spitz

Mark Spitz

Born :10 February 1950

Jack Youngblood

Jack Youngblood

Born :26 January 1950

David Brin

David Brin

Born :6 October 1950

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Tribute :19 March 1950

John Byrne

John Byrne

Born :6 July 1950

Bebe Moore Campbell

Bebe Moore Campbell

Born :18 February 1950

Quotes of 1950

Quotes taken from the authors in 1950

When I played, the owners had the power. The prisoners are running the prison now, not the warden. The warden is strong and he has say so but, the balance of power is definitely with the players.

I liked the game, I enjoyed the game, and the game fed me enough, and gave me enough rewards to reinforce that this is something that I should spend time doing, and that I could possibly make a priority in my life, versus other sports.

One of the things in the back of my mind is that, after my sports experience, I never want to be, totally consumed by any one endeavor, other than my family life.

And from the first time I picked up a basketball at age eight - I had a lot of difficulty when I first picked up a basketball, because I was a scrub - there were things that I liked about it.

You know, just in terms of having to have a life on the road, you know, having the celebrity aspect be a burden for my family, friends and extended family.

And, coaching has never been an option for me.

Yes, I would have rather finished up in Pittsburgh.

But, as always, Mr. Rooney would come over and shake your hand and congratulate you on a good game, no matter what the situation was.

The Houston Astrodome was kind of a tough field.

Halfway through the decade, we realized that we had a great team and that we could do great things, and that we could probably have something here that we believed we had a chance to reach greatness.

When I get a chance to power jump off both legs, I can lean, twist, change directions and decide whether to dunk the ball or pass it to an open man. In other words, I may be committed to the air, but I still have some control over it.

I liked the game, I enjoyed the game, and the game fed me enough, and gave me enough rewards to reinforce that this is something that I should spend time doing, and that I could possibly make a priority in my life, versus other sports.

One of the things in the back of my mind is that, after my sports experience, I never want to be, totally consumed by any one endeavor, other than my family life.

If you do things with a certain type of result and cause a certain type of reaction or effect, then you increase your market value. It's very much a competition for the entertainment dollar, and that's never been more clearly evident than in today's NBA game.

You know, we always tried to rationalize by saying you take the good, you take the upside, you got to deal with the downside, you've to take the downside.

Getting older is fine. There is nothing you can do to stop it so you might as well stay on the bus.

I feel not unlike a small boy, waking from a bad dream to find reality not much of an improvement.

John Conyers' office has been very responsive to citizen concerns and the Internet has presented a way to communicate with them in a way that's never before been there.

I have no interest in anybody's life that way so it defeats me why people go to that length to pry.

I think my work has become more interesting, well to me anyway.