Derrek Quotes

#1. If you write in the paper 'Lee stinks,' that's not going to affect me. I'll just laugh. And if you write 'Derrek Lee is the best player in the league,' that won't affect me either. I'll laugh.

Derrek Lee

#2. To be Spirit-filled is to be Christ-centered.

John F. MacArthur Jr.

#3. Since I have come to America, I am often asked whether my next novel will be set in America. I don't think it will. I think I will be living in America for some time to come, but while living in America, I would like to write about Japanese society from the outside.

Haruki Murakami

#4. You are of that tribe with your feet in hell and your head in heaven.

Roger Zelazny

#5. As a first baseman, hitting home runs is what's expected of me. But I don't really try to hit home runs.

Derrek Lee

#6. I like attractive people who aren't so terribly aware that they are attractive ... people who aren't afraid to roll on the floor and make fools out of themselves.

Bob Fosse

#7. It's not like I'm an introvert. You get to know me, I can have a conversation with you. But in front of the media, I'm probably more of a quiet guy.

Derrek Lee

#8. If they watch me play, people will say I'm not into it or whatever. That's okay. I kind of like it. People don't know how much work I'm putting into it. They don't need to know.

Derrek Lee

#9. I hate all the worry about what someone else is feeling, this crippling insecurity, this tightness in my chest.

Danila Botha

#10. Enthusiasm could not supply the place of experience.

John Lothrop Motley

#11. I felt I was good in basketball but I wasn't a blue-chip prospect.

Derrek Lee

#12. The chance to go to the postseason, it's hard to pass up.

Derrek Lee

#13. Defense is something I take pride in. I feel it's just as important as offense. They should have RBIs for defensive plays.

Derrek Lee

#14. I want to be on that team that wins the world championship here in Chicago and sees the city go crazy.

Derrek Lee

#15. I miss basketball every now and then.

Derrek Lee

#16. Sometimes it's more fun to compete with your friends, because you can talk a little trash with them.

Derrek Lee

#17. You just get better with age. You learn yourself and the league. I'm starting to understand more about hitting every year.

Derrek Lee

#18. When you were a kid and the circus came to town it was awesome to see these little creatures, but these things go out of fashion, like polyester blazers with rolled up sleeves. We don't have to suffer them anymore so why are there all these little people running around?

Zach Braff