League Quotes · Page 48

Every mob, in its ignorance and blindness and bewilderment, is a League of Frightened Men that seeks reassurance in collective action.

— Max Lerner

If you work hard and you're somewhat talented, you'll be successful in this league.

— Michael Carter-Williams

To me, in this league, if your only motivation is what everyone else says, you're probably not going to be here that…

— Brian Flores

Maybe in the minor leagues. With my velocity, they would pick it up and say, 'Hey, you dropped something.'

— Jay Feaster

Since I got to the big leagues, there's been a whole lot of Direct-TV sold in Jamestown. People like to keep up…

— Darin Erstad

I didn't know if I could make it to the big leagues without going through Triple-A.

— Matt Kemp

A ball player has to be kept hungry to become a big leaguer. That's why no boy from a rich family has…

— Joe DiMaggio

When I'm going against guys like Kevin Durant - one of the best leading scorers in the league - it pushes you…

— John Wall

I'm currently single, so I want to have fun! As for what guys need to do to date out of their league,…

— Krysten Ritter

A lot of players know I've been around 13 years and this is my second lockout. I got a lot of respect.…

— Paul Pierce

Players have numerous opportunities to express themselves with all the platforms that exist today. So, you know, standing for the national anthem…

— Oliver Luck

In more than 20 years of opening beers with guys, I have NEVER seen the Swedish Bikini Team show up. Almost always,…

— Dave Barry

I think I can bring to the NBA versatility. I feel like the league is going toward four men that can pass,…

— Kyle Kuzma

I must say, the standard of football we play in League Two is better than I thought. I think, if you compared…

— Sven-Goran Eriksson

I always dreamed of getting in WWE and becoming a big star. But it's not something you could ever guarantee. It's like…

— Wade Barrett

I hate dainty minds,' answered Marjorie. 'But a girl has to be dainty in person. If she looks like a million dollars…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

It's a little harder nowadays because of the way contracts are set up, the way the league is, to play with one…

— Bobby Wagner

It's a very strange league, the Championship, because on any given match day, any team can beat any other team.

— Steve Clarke

Whenever I think of Milwaukee, I think of the American League. Hmm, Boston, Atlanta, weren't they the Browns, too?

— Mike Shannon

We, as a league, must do a better job of protecting the integrity of the game and the safety of our players.

— Mario Lemieux

Since I started playing in the Premier League, I haven't really got a social life.

— Gerwyn Price

[The NBA] used to be a small band of basketball groupies. Now there are a lot more corporate-type people working in the…

— Jerry West

Some people made me out like the villain. I'm supposed to be the Bond villain, but actually I'm James Bond.

— Vincent Tan

Every year, you have to have the feeling to achieve the Champions League. Otherwise, we should stop playing football.

— Mousa Dembele

My playing career that was a bit up but mostly down. I played in the Premier League at Southampton but most of…

— Graham Potter

I want to be the best player in the league, but also the best player in the world.

— Breanna Stewart

In the league, anything can happen. Once one team gets momentum, things can change really fast.

— Kemba Walker

I'd probably be the most unintimidating three-hole hitter in the league at 150 pounds.

— Trea Turner

Work on your game. Block everything else out. Don't worry about your brand. Work on your game. So you can come into…

— Dion Waiters

Those huckleberries in the National League don't want to do anything that the American League wants to do.

— Phil Rizzuto

I didn't even grow up with football. I learned the rules of football on this show [The League].

— Katie Aselton

I have to say the truth. It's a dream for everybody to play in the best league in the world.

— Ricky Rubio

You only get half a chance sometimes against these big boys in the Premier League.

— Robert Snodgrass

It's not just the NFL. Every other league has a draft. It has been fundamental to the success of professional sports.

— Roger Goodell

The League of Nations could've been something really, really big... it wasn't. A lot of guys were frustrated about it in a…

— Sheamus

When managers have got decisions to make, whether it benefits me or not, I have to be man enough to take it.

— Joe Hart

There was a spell in the second half when I took my heart off my sleeve and put it in my mouth.

— Ian Holloway

All American males are failed athletes, and it was big time even if it was Little League. It meant a lot to…

— Nick Nolte

The intensity of the Premier League is incredible. The levels of fitness you have to reach just to survive in it is…

— Jack Wilshere

There is no sports event like Opening Day of baseball, the sense of beating back the forces of darkness and the National…

— George Vecsey