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Cory Lidle

(1972–2006) Baseball Player

14 quotes in 123 categories

Cory Lidle was a baseball player.

Quick Facts About Cory Lidle

Born: March 22, 1972
Died: October 11, 2006
Profession: Baseball Player

About Cory Lidle

[Wikidata] American baseball player (1972–2006)... | [Wikipedia] Cory Fulton Lidle was an American professional baseball player. A right-handed pitcher, Lidle played in Major League Baseball with the New York Mets, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Yankees from 1997 to 2006. Lidle w

Quotes by Cory Lidle

I made a lot of good friends in Philadelphia and the last thing that I would want to do is dog anyone…

Dog

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I've learned over the years that it doesn't matter where you pitch in the rotation. For me, preparation is everything.

I've learned

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The flying? I'm not worried about it. I'm safe up there. I feel very comfortable with my abilities flying an airplane.

Ability

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If I don't make the team out of spring training, I'll keep a good attitude. I'll just go polish up the parts…

Attitude

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Sometimes I felt I got caught up kind of going into the clubhouse non-chalantly sometimes, because all of the other guys in…

Caught

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You've never seen Manhattan 'til you've flown right up the East River. It's beautiful.

Beautiful

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You can go up in the air and everything is gone. You know, you don't think about baseball. You don't think about…

Air

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Ninety-nine percent of pilots that go up never have engine failure, and the 1 percent that do usually land it. But if…

Air

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Really, anyone can learn how to fly. If you can drive a bus, you can fly an airplane.

Airplane

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On the days I'm pitching, it's almost a coin flip as to know if the guys behind me are going to be…

Behinds

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I want to win as much as anybody. But what am I supposed to do? Go cry in my apartment for the…

Am

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I may not be in the weight room as much as some guys, but I get my work done.

Done

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Since the trade, I was just thinking about this day and mentally preparing to not get too excited. I knew I was…

About

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Yeah, it's risky, but no more risky than driving a car.

Car

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