Quotes by Tony La Russa - Page 2

My wife and I, we started a foundation about companion animal rescue, but there's a group called Performing Animal Welfare Society just outside of Sacramento... and they offered me a job as an elephant keeper.
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Society
Animal
Companion
Foundation
Performing
Rescue
Sacramento
Welfare
Job
Elephant
Group
Offered
Outside
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There's a bigger difference now than when I first got into professional baseball because that was before guaranteed contracts, before there was a lot of money, so it was mostly survival. You had more competition.
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Contracts
Survival
Guaranteed
Mostly
Professional Baseball
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Ever since I managed with guaranteed contracts and all the media, you know, you can get distracted by fame and fortune. Your values can get distorted. And the way you break through is, you just keep it personal and keep it simple and basic.
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Contracts
Fortune
Distorted
Fame And Fortune
Guaranteed
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If you seriously aspire to be a manager in the big leagues, there is a baseball 'book' that one must learn. Alongside that book, you must practice Spanish. Of 25 players on each roster, sometimes there are between eight and 15 players who speak Spanish.
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Aspire
Alongside
Big Leagues
Leagues
Manager
Spanish
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Being involved in competition is a privilege and an opportunity. Seek to make the most of that opportunity by pushing yourself to the limit of your abilities. When it is over, you will have earned the respect of your opponents, your coaches, and yourself.
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Opportunity
Basketball
Over You
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If you're a coach, and you don't have trust with players, you've got no chance, and your credibility is zero. And that's why it's so important to tell them the truth. If you have something that you're upset about, tell them the truth. If they're doing something wrong, tell them the truth.
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Credibility
Upset
Coach
No Chance
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I had started law school at Florida State University as a part-timer. I would go two quarters, and they allowed me to drop out to play baseball, and then I'd get readmitted in September. I was convinced I was going to be a lawyer and was using my baseball salary to pay my way through school.
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Convinced
Florida
Law School
Quarters
Salary
September
Drop
Play Baseball
State University
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I think there's a growing number of pitchers who want to have a plan going into a game about how they're going to go after that lineup. I'd say 75 percent want to have an idea, and they plan their attack. I know that 75 percent of hitters do not have that same type of plan against a pitcher.
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Percent
Pitcher
Type
After
Attack
Game
Idea
Number
Hitters
Pitchers
Lineup
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Clubs are taking away the steal of home. Not only are more pitchers throwing out of the stretch position, but more third basemen are playing closer to the bag. But another reason why nobody does it much anymore is that some guys, no matter how fast they are, just aren't comfortable trying to steal home.
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Clubs
Throwing
Bag
Closer
Pitchers
Steal
Stretch
Third
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