American - Athlete | October 3, 1951 -
You know, heroes are ordinary people that have achieved extraordinary things in life.
Dave Winfield
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There are a lot of people who influenced me, nurtured me, helped me along the way. But I can just recall looking back, the first time I got my baseball glove. Put it on the wrong hand, all those kind of things.
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The people like the American Legion Post that gave us a chance to play. A place to play and a chance to play.
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Everyone has a breaking point, turning point, stress point, the game is permeated with it. The fans don't see it because we make it look so efficient. But internally, for a guy to be successful, you have to be like a clock spring, wound but not loose at the same time.
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I never had to cheat, I get them with what I got.
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These days baseball is different. You come to spring training, you get your legs ready, you arms loose, your agents ready, your lawyer lined up.
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Now it's on to May, and you know about me and May.
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I am truly sorry that a fowl of Canada is no longer with us.
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You have to be like a clock spring, wound but not loose at the same time.
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The sooner I get into the Hall of Fame the better.
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And I found out, the other part of it is that I found out and in my desire to life successfully, that baseball fit very well into my life. It's been a great teacher, trainer, mentor and you'll see what I mean in the next few minutes that I have to speak.
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The Yankees won the pennant, we went on to the World Series, 41 years after that in the city of Toronto. The great city of Toronto, and all the provinces in Canada, everybody reached out and they were excited because we won the first World Series ever, across the border.
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