Quotes About Cincinnati Reds

#1. If the Cincinnati Reds were really the first major league baseball team, who did they play?

George Carlin

#2. My first interest in baseball is the welfare of baseball itself. My second is the Cincinnati Reds, and my third is Warren Giles.

Warren Giles

#3. Life was just a collection of small decisions

Kiera Cass

#4. It took exactly one month of regular season play for fans to accept Sparky [Anderson] - posting a 16-6 record out of the gate has that kind of effect.

Tucker Elliot

#5. It was one at bat during October 1975 that defined his [Joe Morgan's] place in baseball history and secured the legacy of the Big Red Machine, all with one swing.

Tucker Elliot

#6. America may be unique in being a country which has leapt from barbarism to decadence without touching civilization.

John O'Hara

#7. But the citizens of Cincinnati loved their Reds because they won, no matter what their addresses had been the year before. They rooted for the Old-English 'C' on the players' shirts.

John Thorn

#8. Animal intuitives can diagnose an animal's physical health problems by listening to the animals.

Bernie Siegel

#9. October 1976 was the penultimate performance of Bench's Hall of Fame career. All the early success and awards and accolades thrown in his direction had prepared him for this moment - when the Big Red Machine became a dynasty by defending it's World Championship from the season before.

Tucker Elliot

#10. No matter how big the audience is going to be. I'm interested in doing things that are fun.

Alan Alda

#11. Rose worked and played so hard that kids all across the country - not just in Cincinnati - were emulating him on sandlots everywhere, proud to dirty their jerseys doing a headfirst "Pete Rose" dive into cardboard boxes used for bases ... whether they needed to slide or not.

Tucker Elliot

#12. You have to be a little unreal to be in this business.

Kim Basinger

#13. A draw can be obtained not only by repeating moves, but also by one weak move.

Savielly Tartakower

#14. The Big Red Machine was exactly that - a freaking machine.

Tucker Elliot

#15. My parents treated my like I had a brain - which, in turn, caused me to have one.

Diane Lane

#16. And Edward was surprised to discover that he was listening. Before, when Abilene had talked to him, everything had seemed so boring, so pointless. But now, the stories Nellie told struck him as the most important thing in the world and he listened as if his life depended on what she said. (page 69)

Kate DiCamillo

#17. Sparky Anderson wasn't just my favorite manager ... he was my mom's favorite manager.

Tucker Elliot

#18. You spidermanned the one you love.

Tara Sivec

#19. I know it sounds calculating, but if you're not cute, you might as well be clever.

David Sedaris

#20. I am always in doubt; I am never sure of myself.

Azzedine Alaia

#21. Corina Bartra is a very intriguing singer. On Son Zumbon ... the music utilizes tricky rhythms, the leader's haunting voice, and plenty of short solos. There is no lack on intensity in this program.

Scott Yanow