Jimmy Rollins Quotes

#1. No, I'm not the prototypical leadoff man. I'm not the prototypical anything. I just try to be the prototypical Jimmy Rollins.

Jimmy Rollins

#2. Solitude is impractical and yet society is fatal.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

#3. One's palate is reborn every morning!

Enid Bagnold

#4. You can't be really happy unless you're unhappy sometimes. You know that, right?

Lauren Oliver

#5. Even when I'm nervous, I think I'm able to turn that nervous energy into strength.

Jimmy Rollins

#6. For me personally it doesn't matter who is the manager, I'm going to go out there and play for the manager, and play for this uniform as a team.

Jimmy Rollins

#7. I planned on being successful ever since I was young. To me, this is nothing to be surprised about.

Jimmy Rollins

#8. Passiveness affects everything. It affects you on the bases and on defense. It affects your thinking. I can't be passive.

Jimmy Rollins

#9. Why tone down my aggressiveness? When I do, I get in trouble.

Jimmy Rollins

#10. Mariam knew that life for the most part had been unkind to her. But as she walked the final twenty paces, she could not help but wish for more of it.

Khaled Hosseini

#11. The words he writes to his music, they're poetry.

Gayle Forman

#12. We all come out of the same abyss; but each of us, a trial throw of the dice from the depths, strives toward his own goal.

Hermann Hesse

#13. You are a fountain of love and a thunder of beauty.

Debasish Mridha

#14. I've had a ton of fast-food jobs - it changes your approach to human interaction forever.

Beth Ditto

#15. Hustle is just playing the game right.

Jimmy Rollins

#16. I've got numbers in my head that I'd like to keep to myself. If I get them or pass them, only I will know.

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#17. People think I must have all these superstitions, but I don't. I use my batting gloves 'til they wear out. I broke four or five bats during the streak, and I didn't cry over any of them.

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#18. You have to believe in yourself every day.

Jimmy Rollins

#19. I am not predicting here that Obama will fail like Jimmy Carter. What I am predicting is the Republican Party is not extinct and will after a period of time become a strong opposition party.

Ed Rollins

#20. European policy is always an interplay of rationality and emotion.

Martin Schulz

#21. My role is to set everything in motion.

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#22. If you're talented enough and play long enough, and put up numbers, you'll get to the Hall of Fame. That doesn't make you a World Series winner.

Jimmy Rollins

#23. IV
Yes, I have a thousand tongues,
And nine and nighty-nine lie.
Though I strive to use the one,
It will make no melody at my will,
But is dead in my mouth.

Stephen Crane

#24. Physical ability only goes so far. You have to work hard the rest of the way.

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#25. You are recognized by your bat. If you are the best hitting shortstop out there, that's how you win a Gold Glove. That's the way it is. It shouldn't be-it's a defensive award.

Jimmy Rollins

#26. The bottom line is just that Rickey Henderson was my favorite player. His flair, his style-the key word is impact-he's an impact player.

Jimmy Rollins