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  • Diamond Quotes

“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don’t do that, you are wasting your time on this Earth.”

roberto clemente

“It’s fun, it’s timeless, it’s a relationship between a father and a son, it’s a transition into manhood. It’s a great zen game.”

bill lee

“It’s what you lean after you know it all that counts.”

earl weaver

“If you’re not having fun in baseball, you miss the point of everything.”

chris chambliss

“The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love.”

bryant gumbel

“Remembering the good times gets you through the bad times.”

walter alston

“Uniforms change, but friendships don’t.”

whitey herzog

“Always run them out. You never can tell.”

joe mccarthy

“The only way to make progress is to make more progress.”

branch rickey

“Do a thing as well as it can be done.”

ty cobb [End Page xv]

“There are bad days and good days, bad months and good months, bad years and good years. If you lose, pick yourself up and carry on. That’s baseball. And that’s life.”

tim mccarver

“In baseball, there’s always tomorrow. Maybe you got me today, but tomorrow, I’m coming back.”

buck o’neil [End Page xvi]
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