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

Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out. It's a struggle for supremacy, a survival of the fittest.

The great trouble with baseball today is that most of the players are in the game for the money and that's it, not for the love of it, the excitement of it, the thrill of it.

I may have been fierce, but never low or underhand.

The crowd makes the ballgame.

Speed is a great asset; but it's greater when it's combined with quickness - and there's a big difference.

'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 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.

A player dreams of being a superstar, but he doesn't want people flocking all over him asking for an autograph.

I want to do for rebounds what Michael Jordan did for dunks.

A team championship doesn't happen because three people score 10s, it happens because all the guys score well. In my opinion, everyone deserved 10s, we're all 10s on this team.

The greatest memory for me of the 1984 Olympics was not the individual honors, but standing on the podium with my teammates to receive our team gold medal.

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 know I've got to learn to believe in myself.