Quote authors in 1999

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Authors of 1999

Born or Deceased in 1999

Joe Adcock

Tribute :3 May 1999

Wilt Chamberlain

Tribute :12 October 1999

Joe DiMaggio

Tribute :8 March 1999

Catfish Hunter

Tribute :9 September 1999

Alex Lowe

Tribute : 1999

Helen Wills Moody

Tribute :1 January 1999

Marion Motley

Tribute :27 July 1999

Walter Payton

Tribute :1 November 1999

Pee Wee Reese

Tribute :14 August 1999

Gene Sarazen

Tribute :13 May 1999

Payne Stewart

Tribute :25 October 1999

Early Wynn

Tribute :4 April 1999

Quotes of 1999

Quotes taken from the authors in 1999

Baseball was the darling of all sports back then.

Marion Motley

If I don't get you now, I'll get you later.

Marion Motley

It never really bothered me that I never got the same publicity.

Marion Motley

If I had my career to play over, one thing I'd do differently is swing more. Those 1,200 walks I got, nobody remembers them.

Pee Wee Reese

If you rush in and out of the clubhouse, you rush in and out of baseball.

Pee Wee Reese

Why did they do it? Beats the hell out of me. I was just a scared kid from Kentucky, and these guys had been up in the majors for a while. I guess it was because I was just such a helluva nice kid - if you'll accept that.

Pee Wee Reese

I had only played five games in my senior year in high school. I was not large enough. Hell, when I graduated, I was about five foot four and weighed 120 pounds. I didn't go with the Dodgers until spring training of 1940 and I weighed all of 155 pounds soaking wet.

Pee Wee Reese

Being Captain of the Dodgers meant representing an organization committed to winning and trying to keep it going. We could have won every year if the breaks had gone right.

Pee Wee Reese

The phrase 'off with the crack of the bat', while romantic, is really meaningless, since the outfielder should be in motion long before he hears the sound of the ball meeting the bat.

Joe DiMaggio

You start chasing a ball and your brain immediately commands your body to 'Run forward, bend, scoop up the ball, peg it to the infield,' then your body says, 'Who me?'

Joe DiMaggio

Now I've had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.

Joe DiMaggio

There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.

Joe DiMaggio

I feel like I have reached the stage where I can no longer produce for my club, my manager, and my teammates.

Joe DiMaggio

I'm 42 now, what I would consider prime time.

Payne Stewart

For example, I wouldn't hesitate to sit somebody down if he wasn't performing, even if he was the No. 1 player in the world. I've been sat down before.

Payne Stewart

With the media, I could be quick and ugly and critical. I tend to wear my emotions on my sleeve.

Payne Stewart

That's why I'm very proud of being American. I'm proud to pay taxes. I pay a lot of taxes, but it sure beats the alternative.

Payne Stewart

For sure I would be a very emotional captain. A very hands-on captain.

Payne Stewart

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

Catfish Hunter

Winning isn't everything. Wanting to win is.

Catfish Hunter