American - Athlete | June 18, 1939 -
Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time.
Lou Brock
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Your bat is your life. It's your weapon. You don't want to go into battle with anything that feels less than perfect.
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Jim Crow was king... and I heard a game in which Jackie Robinson was playing, and I felt pride in being alive.
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When I was a kid, I used to imagine animals running under my bed. I told my dad, and he solved the problem quickly. He cut the legs off the bed.
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You can't be afraid to make errors! You can't be afraid to be naked before the crowd, because no one can ever master the game of baseball, or conquer it. You can only challenge it.
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I had a job on college campus. I lost that job, but on my way home I heard an inner voice that said go out for the baseball team. I was a walk-on, and I was actually petrified as a walk-on because you're not an athlete.
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I don't think about goals and records. Competition is what keeps me playing.
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If you're successful in what you do over a period of time, you'll start approaching records, but that's not what you're playing for. You're playing to challenge and be challenged.
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The baseball held was my fantasy of what life offered.
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We have to make some radical move to get the attention of everyone. Cheaters can't win and steroids has put us in the position that it's OK to cheat.
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The stiffer the penalty, the greater the message is sent.
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They will look at my career as the guy who gave it all but at the same time did it with integrity. That's what we all aim for - the respect of the game as well as the honesty that's played a part of that game.
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