Nomar Garciaparra Quotes

#1. He [Nomar Garciaparra] could go 0-for-10 in rehab and it wouldn't mean anything.

Joe Torre

#2. Love of Fenway itself may be as much a part of the Sox' 2.6 million annual attendance as Pedro (Martinez), Manny (Ramirez) and Nomar (Garciaparra)

Michael Gee

#3. I love the game of baseball.

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#4. My inspiration was the game itself, not any individual player in it.

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#5. You can't hit without your hands.

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#6. Back then, my idol was Bugs Bunny, because I saw a cartoon of him playing ball - you know, the one where he plays every position himself with nobody else on the field but him? Now that I think of it, Bugs is still my idol. You have to love a ballplayer like that.

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#7. When I go home my mother still makes me take out the garbage.

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#8. One of my superstitions is I'm not allowed to talk about them.

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#9. My elbows are double-jointed, so I can flip them inside out.

Emmanuelle Chriqui

#10. If it was in my control, Id still be wearing a Red Sox uniform, because its the place I know, I love. All of those fans, Ill always remember. But Im also going to another great place. Im going to a phenomenal city with great tradition as well, phenomenal fans, great organization.

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#11. You know it as soon as you walk in Yankee Stadium. The electricity is there every time, every day.

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#12. I feel good, and the way I determine it is through my workout. I work so hard in the offseason that if I'm able to do everything I have to, I figure I must be healthy.

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#13. You want to be a hero? Learn to create certainty in the face of fear.

Tony Robbins

#14. There was no religion in my life growing up. Did God invent us or did we invent God?

Eddie Izzard

#15. That's basically what I'm doing when I'm tapping them - getting my toes to the end of my shoes.

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#16. People are going to make comparisons and they can do that but I'm definitely not going to compare myself to Derek Jeter.

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#17. So, Chris," he said. "You couldn't make a smaller cut?"
Nick's eyes were closed, but he smiled."Chris asked me to bite him first."
Gabriel gave him a disguested look."You are one sick bastard."
"I was desperate." Chris smiled, too, but then he dropped it. "Desperate people do crazy things.

Brigid Kemmerer

#18. I'm betting that in two years I'll be talking to you about a film that I shot on an iPhone. It's absolutely coming, I have no doubt in my mind.

Edward Burns

#19. All players are their own worst critics. We are harder on ourselves than anyone else is.

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#20. I don't care if it's a preseason game or not. You want to win.

Tarvaris Jackson

#21. So whatever I might have started to learn at that age was all undone by the next director and next crew in the next cheap picture, because I was allowed to get away with murder.

Jackie Cooper

#22. It's great that fans have people they can enjoy and watch play.

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#23. People expect you to play your best, so I go through a routine to prepare myself so that I know I'm physically and mentally ready - prepared for the game.

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#24. And she's like, you know, the 'Grace' in U2's song, the one that 'carries the world on her hips'." - Diana Rigsby, M.D. Ph.D.

L.A. Kragie

#25. People ask me if my shoes were too small when I was a kid and I say it wouldn't matter how fight my shoes were, I just liked that feeling of them being in there. That's how I started tapping my toes.

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