George Brett Quotes

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• If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing you grandmother with her teeth out.
• I was three over. One over a house, one over a patio, and one over a swimming pool.
• I don't think I can play any other way but all out . . . I enjoy the game so much because I'm putting so…
• If I stay healthy, I have a chance to collect 3,000 hits and 1,000 errors.
• A woman will be elected President before Wade Boggs is called out on strikes. I guarantee that.
• I could have played another year, but I would have been playing for the money, and baseball deserves better than that.
• My problems are all behind me!
• He looks like a greyhound, but he runs like a bus.
• The Air Corps . . . does not, at this time, feel justified in obligating . . . funds for basic jet propulsion research and…
• Every time I sit with our general manager at a baseball game, and there's number-cruncher and statistician guy - I'm sitting around - they start…
• I am not too serious about anything. I believe you have to enjoy yourself to get the most out of your ability. I can take…
• I never lifted a weight in my life. Why am I going to do steroids? That's not going to do me any good. We didn't…
• I'm a ballplayer. I know how hard the game is... and anybody that makes it in the Hall of Fame, I support. They become a…
• I've only read two books in my life: Baseball Sparkplug and Love Story.
• My father cared a lot about me, but he never gave me the satisfaction of really knowing it. Hitting .390 wasn't enough for him. Nothing…
• Not many people get to the major leagues and succeed right away. There are some struggles. Everyone seems to struggle.
• Old third basemen become first basemen, and old first basemen become designated hitters.
• American League teams don't bunt very often. National League teams bunt a lot.
• Do I want someone to get more hits than me? No. Do I want someone to hit more home runs than me? No. Do I…
• There's nothing like Opening Day. There's nothing like the start of a new season. I started playing baseball when I was seven years old and…

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