Quotes by Nolan Ryan - Page 1

My job is to give my team a chance to win.
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Jobs
Chance
Team
Winning
Job
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Baseball life is a tough life on the family.
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Sports
Baseball
Tough
Tough Life
Life Is A
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Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt.
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Ability To Change
Adaptability
Enjoy
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It helps if the hitter thinks you're a little crazy.
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Sports
Baseball
Crazy
Little
Helps
Hitter
Thinks
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I guess that's what Little League is all about -- trying.
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League
Littles
Trying
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I feel very fortunate that I played for the four organizations I did.
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Feels
Fortunate
Four
Organization
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I never found a place where I wanted to live more than Alvin (Texas).
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Found
Texas
Wanted
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I like to refer to my years with the Angels as the foundation of my career.
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Sports
Angel
Foundation
Years
Angels
Refer
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What man in his 40s would not like to look in the mirror and find Nolan Ryan?
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Men
Looks
Mirrors
Nolan
Mirror Man Look
Mirror
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Ryan
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I can't imagine Joe DiMaggio was a better all-around player than Dale Murphy.
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Imagine
Murphy
Player
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Pitching in the big leagues is a dream. Preparing to pitch in the big leagues is a nightmare!
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Dream
League
Pitching
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Everyone has limits. You just have to learn what your own limits are and deal with them accordingly.
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Deals
Limits
Just
Accordingly
Everyone
Own
Them
Deal
Your Everyone Own
Learn
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Dick Moss, my agent. Dick became my agent in 1979 when I signed my contract with the Houston Astros.
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Agents
Houston
Moss
Agent
Became
Contract
Signed
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And that's what makes this a great game, is the support and the commitment that the fans give the game.
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Sports
Commitment
Fans
Games
Support
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My ability to throw a baseball was a gift. It was a God-given gift. And I am truly appreciative of that gift.
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Appreciative
Baseball
Given
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I can honestly say it took two full years for me to get over the fact that I was no longer a baseball player.
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Sports
Baseball
Baseball Player
Honestly
Player
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Put the right pitching mechanics together with good health, and there's nothing surprising about lasting a long time.
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Baseball
Long
Together
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I've got a different perception now and it's really enjoyable to be at this point in your life and be able to watch this.
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Different
Perception
Watches
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And when I retired, trust me, not only did Nolan Ryan, but the entire Ryan family had withdrawals from baseball. And it was tough.
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Baseball
Nolan
Retired
Trust Me
Trust Family Me
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Ryan
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Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt. Only by being open to change will you have a true opportunity to get the most from your talent.
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Change
Leadership
Opportunity
Smile
Success
Ability
Talent
Most
Adapt
Being
Get
Only
True
Enjoying
Requires
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I grew up with the thought that I wanted to treat people the way I'd like to be treated, and I think if you do that, it's pretty hard to go wrong.
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People
Thinking
Way
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A successful pitcher keeps the leadoff hitter from reaching first base and puts the first pitch over for a strike - the two most important rules of pitching.
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Sports
Motivation
Softball
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Maintaining concentration depends on what I call tunnel vision; nothing else in the world exists but the catcher's target, the hitter and my perfect delivery.
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Sports
Motivation
Softball
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I came into the game when I broke into the major leagues, the minimum salary was seven thousand dollars, and I'd have to go home in the wintertime and get a job.
Nolan Ryan / Baseball Player
Jobs
Home
Sports
Broke
Dollars
Minimum
Salary
Seven
Thousand
Wintertime
Home Game Go
Game
Came
Go Home
Major
Leagues
Major Leagues
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For my children, they spent 15 to 20 years of their life in baseball. And Ruth and I spent so many years of our married life that that was our life. We knew nothing else.
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Sports
Baseball
Children
Married Life
Ruth
So Many Years
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And then when I went to stay in '68, I can honestly say that I was not focused on my career and on what it took to be a major league pitcher and to be a starting pitcher.
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Sports
Careers
Focused
Honestly
League
Major League
Pitcher
Starting
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When I had dyslexia, they didn't diagnose it as that. It was frustrating and embarrassing. I could tell you a lot of horror stories about what you feel like on the inside.
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Dyslexia
Embarrassing
Horror Stories
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One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something.
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Baseball
Beautiful
Beautiful Things
Prove
Situation
Want
Come
Once
Down
Reach
Something
Where
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And to play as long as I did and to have a family you have to be very blessed and I was with my wife Ruth. Ruth, I appreciate the job you did, and my three fine children, Reid, Reese, and Wendy.
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Jobs
Appreciate
Blessed
Children
Fine
Ruth
Reid
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I had the pleasure, as Robin said, to live a childhood dream as many young Americans and Puerto Rican children live that play youth baseball. And I feel honored and very thankful for that opportunity.
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Dream
Thankful
Sports
Baseball
Childhood
Honored
Pleasure
Childhood Dream
Puerto
Puerto Rican
Rican
Robin
Young Americans
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It took me a while to figure that out and to realize what a gift that I had been given. And when I finally did, I dedicated myself to be the best pitcher I possibly could be, for as long as I possibly could be.
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Sports
Dedicated
Given
Long
Pitcher
Realizing
Best Myself Me
Had
Did
Best Myself Long
Could
Gift
Figure
Possibly
Realize
Took
While
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I am going to spend my time today just thanking the people that played a role in my career, because I truly do believe that I was blessed by a lot of people that paths crossed mine as I went down the road in my career.
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Thankful
Believe
Blessed
Careers
Down The Road
My Time
Time Today Believe
Played
Career
Crossed
Spend
Mine
Paths
Role
Thanking
Truly
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And when I went to Houston, they had a conditioning coach by the name of Gene Coleman. And that was the first time I had gone to an organization that had a program with a weight room and designed specifically for pitchers.
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Sports
Conditioning
Houston
Names
Organization
Program
Weight
Coach
Coleman
Designed
Gene
Pitchers
Specifically
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I always thought that there was going to be life after baseball, and so I designed that in my life I would have other interests after baseball that I would be able to step into. And I didn't realize the grip that baseball had on me and on my family.
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Sports
Baseball
Would Be
Life Family Always
Life Family Me
Designed
Grip
Interests
Realize
Step
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And I'm a believer that you take a negative and turn it into a positive, and as it turned out, it was one of the best things that ever happened to me. And so I do appreciate the Ranger staff and the Ranger organization for giving me that opportunity.
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Opportunity
Positive
Appreciate
Believer
Giving
Negative
Organization
Staff
Positive Best Me
Best Opportunity Me
Ranger
Turned
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I cant think of anything more humiliating than losing a ballgame to a guy who steals home on you. It happened to me one time against Kansas City. I had a 2-2 count on the hitter - and Amos Otis broke from third. The pitch was a ball and slid in safe. I felt like a nickel.
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Home
Cities
Thinking
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When I got traded to the California Angels, I really wasn't that excited about going to the Angels because it meant changing leagues and also a whole new set of teammates. But shortly after I got there I realized that it was one of the best things that ever happened to me.
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Angel
California
League
Best Me New
Angels
Teammates
Meant
Leagues
Realized
Traded
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You've got to realize that in any competition there is always a winner and loser. When it turns out that you're the loser on a given day, you can be a graceful loser, but it doesn't mean that you're a loser in the sense that you're willing to accept losses readily. Concede that on that day you weren't the best and that you were beaten in competition. But that should make you more dedicated and hard working. It's wrong to accept defeat as a loser. Be graceful about losing, but don't accept it.
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Leadership
Sports
Hard Work
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