Quote authors in 1962

Authors of 1962

Born or Deceased in 1962

Michael Andretti

Michael Andretti

Born :5 October 1962

Tracy Austin

Tracy Austin

Born :12 December 1962

Roger Clemens

Roger Clemens

Born :4 August 1962

Eric Davis

Eric Davis

Born :29 May 1962

Doug Flutie

Doug Flutie

Born :23 October 1962

Evander Holyfield

Evander Holyfield

Born :19 October 1962

Bo Jackson

Bo Jackson

Born :30 November 1962

Dean Karnazes

Dean Karnazes

Born :23 August 1962

Jackie Joyner Kersee

Jackie Joyner Kersee

Born :3 March 1962

Alex Lowe

Alex Lowe

Born : 1962

Jamie Moyer

Jamie Moyer

Born :18 November 1962

William Perry

William Perry

Born :6 December 1962

Jerry Rice

Jerry Rice

Born :13 October 1962

Herschel Walker

Herschel Walker

Born :3 March 1962

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe

Tribute :5 August 1962

Martha Beck

Martha Beck

Born :29 November 1962

Francesca Lia Block

Francesca Lia Block

Born :3 December 1962

David Brock

David Brock

Born :2 November 1962

Tammy Bruce

Tammy Bruce

Born :19 August 1962

Harlan Coben

Harlan Coben

Born :4 January 1962

Justin Cronin

Justin Cronin

Born : 1962

Richard Paul Evans

Richard Paul Evans

Born :11 October 1962

Christopher McDougall

Christopher McDougall

Born : 1962

Quotes of 1962

Quotes taken from the authors in 1962

You don't protect Mark McGwire. The only way to protect him is hit 70 homers yourself.

It's like, now you're actually complaining because you're making $9 million and guys are making more? If it makes you that upset, quit. Leave the game. Go home then and try finding another job that's going to pay you that.

People always ask me how I can hit the ball so far, and I say, 'I just swing.' It's the coaches who first told me I had good bat speed. I was just swinging, and I guess it was fast. I'm pretty fast at everything.

I'm being compared to the impossible. I never saw Mays, Aaron or Clemente play. What about the people I face every day? Tim Raines is the best? Mattingly is the best? Why not compare me to my peers?

Circulating through the children's ward and seeing terminally ill kids, heads shaved, smiling and having a ball despite the tubes and needles sticking into them, I thought: What do I have to worry about? If God takes me, at least I've lived for 35 years.

One thing I've done in my life is train year-round to compete at anything, anything. I've got an invitation now to maybe be on the karate team for the Barcelona Olympics. I'm debating whether I want to do that. I just love to compete, and I want to win.

Herschel Walker

I'm just not a guy that loves to eat. I love to work and love to work out. I think I go against all the nutritionists who say you need to do this or need to do that, so I'm one of the oddballs.

Herschel Walker

Our responsibility in life is not to lie around and wait for things to happen. Our responsibility in life is to work. Life is getting out and getting things done. When people say they're over-the-hill at age 50, I don't understand it.

Herschel Walker

I was a little different. I still say I'm a little different, because success to me is not having the most money, or having the biggest car or the biggest house.

Herschel Walker

If I had to come up with something that just came to me, I think growing up in a small town, I want knowledge. I still think today, knowledge is one of the keys.

Herschel Walker

I learned to listen and listen very well. It helped me athletically and in the classroom as well. The person who talks a lot or talks over people misses out because they weren't listening.

Jackie Joyner Kersee

When I was in elementary school, we weren't allowed to do sports other than cheerleading. By junior high, they let us play, but we had to come back after 6:30 p.m. to practice because there was only one gymnasium and the boys used it first.

Jackie Joyner Kersee

Some people are embarrassed to say they came from East St. Louis, Ill., but now more people want to claim it. I grew up in a community center and I knew what it gave me. I always knew I wanted to give back and help people because people helped me.

Jackie Joyner Kersee

It wasn't until I was 14 and watched the 1976 Olympic games on television that I really started to dream about the big time. I remember seeing Evelyn Ashford in the 100 meters, and she was going to UCLA.

Jackie Joyner Kersee

When I started competing, you had to have your coach there. Now you can be coached from a home office via Skype or video. That's not the same as having them on the field with you.

Jackie Joyner Kersee

I think the thing about that was I was always willing to work; I was not the fastest or biggest player but I was determined to be the best football player I could be on the football field and I think I was able to accomplish that through hard work.

I'm really looking forward to the Hall of Fame ceremonies. It's going to be unbelievable - just crazy. I'm looking forward to thanking all the fans for inspiring me to go out there and play my best football each and every game.

Like I said, repetition in practice and hard work.

I just want the same thing Joe Montana got when he was MVP. He got respect. He got commercials. He got everything.

To me it was never about what I accomplished on the football field, it was about the way I played the game.