Monte Irvin Quotes

We used to look at each other and say, 'We play the same game with the same rules, the same bat, the same ball, the same field. What the hell does color have to do with it? You don't play with color. You play with talent.'

Monte Irvin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 25, 1919 - January 11, 2016

Topics

TalentGameColorHellYouLook

I'm a forthright person and I am ambitious and I do hope that I get to do more, interesting work but not at the expense of me not being who I am.

Jessica Clark

WorkHopeI AmMeInterestingMore

The scale of the U.K. effort in post-conflict Iraq never matched the scale of the challenge.

John Chilcot

ChallengeEffortNeverScaleIraq

There is a certain justice in criticism. The critic is like a midwife - a tyrannical midwife.

Stephen Spender

JusticeCriticismCriticLike

Libraries are the ultimate restaurants for brain food. I sleep better knowing there are libraries. I would take a bullet for a librarian.

Simon Van Booy

FoodSleepBrainBetterKnowing

I didn't grow up around my father. I didn't really grow up around my mother, either. I was raised by a community of people. Spiritually speaking, my father is in Heaven, and that is who I look to for all my answers. And that's why my faith is very strong and why my passion is strong.

Troy Polamalu

FatherMotherPassionFaithPeople

This morning someone sent me a very funny photo of me holding their puppy. We have matching colour jackets.

Luke Treadaway

FunnyMorningMeSomeonePuppyVery

If somebody takes the time, a: to read a book that I have written, and then to b: care about it enough to write me and ask questions, surely I owe them a response.

Lois Lowry

TimeMeBookCareQuestionsEnough

My husband is a feminist!

Judy Blume

HusbandFeminist

One day, I can come up with 50 content ideas, and I'm like, 'Boom, I want to do this idea, this idea, this idea.' I have a YouTube notebook, and I write them all down. Then other days, I'm like, 'I have no clue what I want to do today.' I rarely have days like that.

JoJo Siwa

TodayDayIdeasDownI CanWant

I always said I was good football player, I'm fine as an actor, but I'm a great dad.

Dean Cain

GoodGreatFootballSaidActorFine

Every movie I make teaches me something. That's why I keep making them.

Clint Eastwood

MeWhyKeepSomethingMakingMovie

There's a lot of guys in pro wrestling that just kind of have this MMA fantasy, and they never act on it. I'm acting on it. I don't want to be one of those guys who sits there and goes, 'I could have done that or I should have done that.'

CM Punk

ActingDoneWantKindFantasyNever

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