Joe Adcock Quotes

Trying to sneak a fastball past Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak the sunrise past a rooster.

Joe Adcock

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 30, 1927 - May 3, 1999

Topics

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The grief of losing my father has come in waves over the years, as it does with most people. His love and devotion as a father provided my closest, most intimate relationship. Dad, and our time together, is in my bones. While reflecting on him, the memories themselves seem to boil down into certain 'essences of Dad.'

Jennifer Grant

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Watching baseball under the lights is like observing dogs indoors, at a pedigree show. In both instances, the environment is too controlled to suit the species.

Melvin Maddocks

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Everyone is coming after me now. Fine, let them keep on coming. I'm the fastest man in the world, no doubt.

Maurice Greene

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All nations struggle in the aftermath of civil war. More than 100 years after the English Civil War, for instance, any prelate who was 'enthusiastic' about religion attracted censure and suspicion.

Amanda Foreman

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Studio chief Winfield Sheehan wanted me to remain a little girl. If I lost my innocence, he said, it would show in my eyes.

Shirley Temple

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This was basically the first time I got to act in action scenes, with things blowing up all around me. It sounds corny, but I think every actor would like to - at least once in his or her career - play the person who saves the entire world.

Lukas Haas

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I see myself as half country boy and half city boy, so I need both to balance me out. I couldn't spend all of my time in either place.

Johnny Iuzzini

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I read Stephen Crane's 'The Open Boat' when I was 11.

Anthony Doerr

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An author entices the readers with their words, and it is painful for them to even lose a sentence. But films and books are two different mediums and should be dealt differently. What works in a book might not work for a film. When I saw 'Anna Karenina' on screen, I didn't like it at all, whereas 'The Godfather' was legendary.

Ashwin Sanghi

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We must thank our fans for their support.

Sergio Ramos

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We pray before everything - videos, onstage, TV shows. I think that has a lot to do with being successful.

Tina Knowles

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Just believe in what you're doing, and keep doing it.

Ricky Nelson

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