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Marcus Giles

(1978) Baseball Player

14 quotes in 63 categories

Marcus Giles is a baseball player, best known for The state and the paradox of decentralisation.

Quick Facts About Marcus Giles

Born: May 18, 1978
Profession: Baseball Player
Notable works: The state and the paradox of decentralisation

About Marcus Giles

Marcus William Giles is an American former Major League Baseball player. He was a second baseman and batted right-handed. His older brother, Brian Giles, was an outfielder who also played in the Major Leagues. Marcus and Brian played together on the 2007 San Diego Padres.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Marcus Giles

You can't listen to what people say about you. If you do, you're never going to get anywhere in life.

Communication

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I've had to work for everything I have, and I'm not going to stop. The minute I feel I've made it, I'm…

Done

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Pressure is only what you make of it and what you put on yourself.

Pressure

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I like to have fun, and the only way to have fun is to win.

Fun

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I've heard about my size all my life. It makes you work that much harder. It's gratifying to prove them wrong.

Harder

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I don't think there's any way you can worry about how many errors or how many bad plays you've made. You can…

Errors

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I've seen plenty of ballplayers way better than me, but they didn't have the work ethic. It comes down to how bad…

Ethics

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What's there to be nervous about? You just go out and play the game.

Anxiety

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All I know is that when I come to the ballpark I'm going to be on time and give 100 percent. I…

Ballparks

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Baseball people think they can find athletes with good bodies and teach them to play baseball. What's wrong with giving someone who…

Athlete

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It's not worth it. We're going all the way to Halloween. You can get him then.

Halloween

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The last few weeks we had been playing poorly, but hopefully we can ride this all the way through Halloween.

Halloween

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When you're getting $2,000 a month in the minors, it's hard not to eat Taco Bell every day.

Bells

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You've got to set high standards for yourself.

High standards

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