Quote authors in 1961

Authors of 1961

Born or Deceased in 1961

Ty Cobb

Ty Cobb

Tribute :17 July 1961

Mary Docter

Mary Docter

Born :11 February 1961

Boomer Esiason

Boomer Esiason

Born :17 April 1961

Mitch Gaylord

Mitch Gaylord

Born :10 March 1961

John Kruk

John Kruk

Born : 1961

Greg Lemond

Greg Lemond

Born :26 June 1961

Carl Lewis

Carl Lewis

Born :1 July 1961

Dan Marino

Dan Marino

Born :15 September 1961

Don Mattingly

Don Mattingly

Born :20 April 1961

Dennis Rodman

Dennis Rodman

Born :13 May 1961

Isaiah Thomas

Isaiah Thomas

Born :30 April 1961

Reggie White

Reggie White

Born :19 December 1961

James Worthy

James Worthy

Born :27 February 1961

Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway

Tribute :2 July 1961

Melissa Bank

Melissa Bank

Born : 1961

Eric Jerome Dickey

Eric Jerome Dickey

Born :7 July 1961

Quotes of 1961

Quotes taken from the authors in 1961

'm so fortunate to have done what I love to do for so long, but the day I retired was one of the best days of my life. Not because I was happy to get away from the sport, but because it was clear in my mind that I had done all I possibly could, and that it was time to go.

We cannot rest until we make sure that our families can afford to live and raise their kids here, that our seniors can remain in their homes and afford their health and pharmaceutical costs.

I know there are a lot of people out there who have the best intentions but not the voice, so it's about people like me to give them a voice and hear their ideas.

An athlete and actor are really two different temperaments, night and day. As an athlete you really keep things out and as an actor you really bring things in.

I found the emotion that as an athlete you block out, and it really helped me to understand myself as a person. I'm a really emotional person and it helped make me a better person.

I'm just trying to write a good story, strictly from imagination. People just think it's random, they don't see the rewriting, phrasing of characters, choosing the words, bringing the world to light in which the characters live in. That creates an illusion that this is real.

Eric Jerome Dickey

As a writer, I challenge myself not to tell the same story - to tackle different characters with different issues.

Eric Jerome Dickey

I want those young whipper-snappers to know that in days past we actually used to kill trees and make those things called books.

Eric Jerome Dickey

It's impossible to explain creativity. It's like asking a bird, 'How do you fly?' You just do.

Eric Jerome Dickey

For a lot of people, becoming an author is a change in occupation... they are coming from something that totally has nothing to do with this. If they are expecting to come into a room full of people praising them, then they are in the wrong place.

Eric Jerome Dickey

The players get no respect around here. They give you money, that's it, not respect. We get constantly dogged and players from other teams love to see that. That's why nobody wants to play here.

When I write a note, it sticks in my head differently.

If you don't second-guess yourself, then you are not trying to get better.

We all have the temptation to be backseat drivers when it comes to decisions that don't work out the way we want.

I definitely want to manage. I just don't think it's the time right now.

If you're playing for the Kansas City Royals about all you can do is beat your head against the wall.

Too many managers manage by what the postgame press conference is going to be.

I lost $35,000 in less than a week at the Mirage in Las Vegas.

I felt like calling attention to AIDS. I had the AIDS ribbon colored into my hair during the playoffs in '95.

For years the league has thought I've been on drugs. I would have burned out a long time ago if that was true.