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title: "24 Pro Ball Quotes by 22 authors"
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> [You get into pro ball and you realize all the guys were the best players on their teams. You have to keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-holliday/you-get-into-pro-ball-and-you-realize-all-the-guys-were-the-best/)

[Matt Holliday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-holliday/)

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> [“Like Dallas, Miami had experienced a brief fling with pro ball, one losing season by an AAFC team called the Seahawks in 1946.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eisenberg/like-dallas-miami-had-experienced-a-brief-fling-with-pro-ball-one/)

[John Eisenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eisenberg/)

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> [I got into pro ball at 18 and played until I was almost 39, non-stop.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryne-sandberg/i-got-into-pro-ball-at-18-and-played-until-i-was-almost-39-non-stop/)

[Ryne Sandberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryne-sandberg/)

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> [Of course, in pro ball, they never hit the quarterback in practice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-namath/of-course-in-pro-ball-they-never-hit-the-quarterback-in-practice/)

[Joe Namath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-namath/)

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> [I did play semi-pro ball for a time. It was the line of least resistance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cassidy/i-did-play-semi-pro-ball-for-a-time-it-was-the-line-of-least/)

[Ted Cassidy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cassidy/)

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> [I started playing ball when I was a kid. My dad was a pro ball player and he passed on his knowledge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-russell/i-started-playing-ball-when-i-was-a-kid-my-dad-was-a-pro-ball-player/)

[Kurt Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-russell/)

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> [By that time I was thinking a little about pro ball and hopeful that someone would draft me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-youngblood/by-that-time-i-was-thinking-a-little-about-pro-ball-and-hopeful-that/)

[Jack Youngblood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-youngblood/)

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> [I didn't know if pro ball was in the plans for me. I didn't know it was going to happen right away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddy-alvarez/i-didn-t-know-if-pro-ball-was-in-the-plans-for-me-i-didn-t-know-it/)

[Eddy Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddy-alvarez/)

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> [I had Tommy John my first year in pro ball. Going through that rehab process, I think that's what really helped me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-degrom/i-had-tommy-john-my-first-year-in-pro-ball-going-through-that-rehab/)

[Jacob deGrom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-degrom/)

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> [You got guys now declaring they're ready to play pro ball in their second or third year of high school. It's crazy!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kareem-abdul-jabbar/you-got-guys-now-declaring-they-re-ready-to-play-pro-ball-in-their/)

[Kareem Abdul-Jabbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kareem-abdul-jabbar/)

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> [When you go to college the first couple years, and you kind of get beat around, you kind of think about, 'Maybe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-judge/when-you-go-to-college-the-first-couple-years-and-you-kind-of-get/)

[Aaron Judge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-judge/)

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> [I literally would have been the guy that would have played pro ball until they came to me and said, "Go home,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-hoechlin/i-literally-would-have-been-the-guy-that-would-have-played-pro-ball/)

[Tyler Hoechlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-hoechlin/)

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> [But I was so wrapped up in sports growing up as a kid, that I think I was going to grow to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-mcgraw/but-i-was-so-wrapped-up-in-sports-growing-up-as-a-kid-that-i-think-i/)

[Tim McGraw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-mcgraw/)

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> [I was a center in college but I was a high post guy, feeding cutters and rebounding. Going to pro ball, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dolph-schayes/i-was-a-center-in-college-but-i-was-a-high-post-guy-feeding-cutters/)

[Dolph Schayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dolph-schayes/)

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> [Cal's a place that our player alumni - we always want to come back and show the current players what we've learned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-semien/cal-s-a-place-that-our-player-alumni-we-always-want-to-come-back-and/)

[Marcus Semien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-semien/)

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> [“You watch pro ball and those guys spend so much time with their hands on each other's rear ends, you'd think they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-gilbert-murdock/you-watch-pro-ball-and-those-guys-spend-so-much-time-with-their-hands/)

[Catherine Gilbert Murdock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-gilbert-murdock/)

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> [ Being a able to work with Reid \[Corneilus\] one on one those two seasons were great he taught me the ins and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-taylor/being-a-able-to-work-with-reid-corneilus-one-on-one-those-two-seasons/)

[Graham Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graham-taylor/)

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> [Sammy Sosa? Everybody knew who Sammy was, paid attention to Sammy. I had already signed in pro ball when he had the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfonso-soriano/sammy-sosa-everybody-knew-who-sammy-was-paid-attention-to-sammy-i-had/)

[Alfonso Soriano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfonso-soriano/)

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> [I played baseball in college, and then I went to Russia to study acting and played some pro ball over there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-bernthal/i-played-baseball-in-college-and-then-i-went-to-russia-to-study/)

[Jon Bernthal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-bernthal/)

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> [In college, I was a running QB. We were a sprint out offense, so I had a big transition going into pro…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archie-manning/in-college-i-was-a-running-qb-we-were-a-sprint-out-offense-so-i-had-a/)

[Archie Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archie-manning/)

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> [I always thought I could play pro ball. I had confidence in my ability, You have to. If you don't who will?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-unitas/i-always-thought-i-could-play-pro-ball-i-had-confidence-in-my-ability/)

[Johnny Unitas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-unitas/)

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> [My first year of pro ball I played in the Northwest league and made the all-star team, and the next year I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-russell/my-first-year-of-pro-ball-i-played-in-the-northwest-league-and-made/)

[Kurt Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-russell/)

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> [I imagined that being someday in pro ball I would have been Kevin Costner in Bull Durham. If I had never discovered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-hoechlin/i-imagined-that-being-someday-in-pro-ball-i-would-have-been-kevin/)

[Tyler Hoechlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-hoechlin/)

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> [The tension in pro ball comes from the realization that any game could be your last, that an injury could end your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-matuszak/the-tension-in-pro-ball-comes-from-the-realization-that-any-game/)

[John Matuszak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-matuszak/)

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