Rookie Quotes

#1. I was a guy back in the Eighties who was one movie away from a huge career, which at that time didn't happen. In the Nineties, I worked a lot, but it was kind of, 'Get out there and dig and find things.' Then I guess 'The Rookie' and 'Far From Heaven' were referred to as my comeback.

Dennis Quaid

#2. I turned pro and won Rookie of the Year on the South African Tour and then it took me two tries at the qualifying school on the European Tour and to get my card and the rest is history.

Retief Goosen

#3. Oh this young man has had a very trying rookie season, with the litigation, the notoriety, his subsequent deportation to Canada and that country's refusal to accept him, well, I guess that's more than most 21-year-olds can handle... Ogie Ogilthorpe!

Jim Carr

#4. My rookie year was huge for me as far as the learning curve, especially those last three games.

Tim Tebow

#5. The start of my rookie season when there was so much pressure, so many expectations, and so much excitement surrounding the return of the No. 3 to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and then we went out and won the pole for the Daytona 500. That was a very special moment.

Austin Dillon

#6. After I made it to the NBA, I said that I didn't want to be the last player from Africa. After my rookie year, I went to the league and talked about this, and they embraced my idea and started conducting basketball clinics in Africa, and that's when I knew I wouldn't be the last African.

Dikembe Mutombo

#7. I judge movies on how much fun I had while I was doing them. I had a great time on 'The Right Stuff.' Doing that was fantastic. And there was the year I did 'The Rookie' and 'Far From Heaven,' which was amazing because those two different roles were just so far apart.

Dennis Quaid

#8. Of course, MIT was notable not just for its faculty but also for its students. And, facing such extremely bright kids as a rookie teacher was something like being thrown to the wolves.

Eric Maskin

#9. For hitter or pitcher, rookie or veteran, baseball has long been defined by failure rather than success, the old a-.300-hitter-gets-out-7-times-in-10-at-bats truism. Dealing with and managing failure is an essential - some would say the essential - part of the job description.

Barry Svrluga

#10. One of the rookie mistakes first-time entrepreneurs often make is to be too guarded about their idea - in fact, many will actually spend their first $25,000 on patent lawyers without ever fully vetting their product.

Scott Weiss

#11. And my rookie contract, my first rookie contract was for $5,000.

Don Shula

#12. When I was a rookie, Cy Young used to hit me flies to sharpen my abilities to judge in advance the direction and distance of an outfield-hit ball.

Tris Speaker

#13. I actually became a Christian in my rookie year on tour when I was 16 years old.

Michael Chang

#14. My rookie year, I was very immature.

Dennis Rodman

#15. Tried on daddy's 1979 rookie firesuit a while back. Smelled every bit of 36 years old.

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

#16. And when it comes to gettin nookie, I'm not a rookie ...
I got girls that make that chick Toni Braxton look like Whoopi.

Big L

#17. I know how difficult my rookie year in the NFL was and I know how competitive this sport is.

Troy Aikman

#18. I didn't always know, but I always wanted to. I always wanted to be the very best receiver the Cowboys ever had. That was my goal coming in as a rookie and my goal throughout my career: being the best they ever had, going up in the Ring of Honor.

Michael Irvin

#19. Winning the Rookie of the Year would be nice but making the playoffs would be even nicer for me.

Andrew Bogut

#20. I've always liked to shoot from the hip. This is the perfect fit for me ... I'm willing to earn my spurs, because once again, after 18 years I'm back to being a rookie.

Reggie Miller

#21. So many of my rookie mistakes could have been avoided by first-hand exposure to other, more experienced technology entrepreneurs.

Kathryn Minshew

#22. When 'Rookie Blue' began, I was so proud to be a Canadian on a Canadian show that was getting fans in America. I'm so used to working on American projects with Americans, it was a big deal for me to be on a show that showcases our talent ... our 'peeps.'

Missy Peregrym

#23. I started rockin' the BowTie when I was a rookie with the New York Giants.

Dhani Jones

#24. You won't ever see me being totally sexy on 'Rookie Blue.' It's not right for the character, anyway.

Missy Peregrym

#25. Amber was busy flirting with a rookie named Dead Meat if he didn't stop flirting back. She was eleven, for heaven's sake! Of course, he may have just been humoring her. And it was a little cute. In a gross, Chester-the-molester kind of way.

Darynda Jones

#26. New sales managers are the forgotten rookie - they were pros at selling, but all of a sudden they're a rookie at management.

Chris Lytle

#27. I agreed to film after my rookie year in Golden State. I was more used to cameras and felt that my journey to the NBA was a story worth sharing. Little did we know how much bigger the platform and documentary would become after Linsanity.

Jeremy Lin

#28. High-pitched squeal like a beauty pageant contestant found best in show, Oprah audience member given a new Chevy, rookie actress surprised with an unlikely Oscar.

Dennis Vickers

#29. My attitude going into training camp as a rookie was to impress. I wanted to impress my teammates, my coaches, the owners, everybody. I wanted them to say, ?This kid is special. This kid has the right mind, the right skills, the right motivation?.

Michael Jordan

#30. Any time you get a new running back, whether it's a rookie or hasn't played a lot, that's the first thing you test, is their pass protection. That's big.

John Madden

#31. I remember I was a scared rookie, hitting .220 after the first three months of my baseball season, and doubting my ability.

Carl Yastrzemski

#32. I get recognized for 'Reaper' in the U.K. I was in Costa Rica and got recognized for 'Heroes.' In Canada, it's 'Rookie Blue.' People also think that I'm in the 'Twilight' series because of Kristen Stewart.

Missy Peregrym

#33. I was fresh out of drama school and had no idea what I was doing. They hustled me along and Bill Cosby tolerated my rookie behavior. It was great. Once you have 'The Cosby Show' on your resume, you can keep going.

Michael Weatherly

#34. the rookie at the barricade at around forty. There

James Patterson

#35. I don't think of myself as a comedian, but as an artist, a scientist and chemist who just happens to be funny. I started doing stand-up to add another level to my game. I feel that I'm a young rookie with a veteran's skill.

Marlon Wayans

#36. I wasn't put on the cover of Sports Illustrated as a plus-size model, I was put on the cover of Sports Illustrated as a model, as a rookie, as Ashley Graham. This is exactly where we're headed, and yes, there are so many more things we need to do in the curve/plus-size industry.

Ashley Graham

#37. No matter what you do,everyone starts off as a rookie. And if what your doing is done everyday with consistency, you will soon be a professional. Surpassing all others.

Ricky Star

#38. My rookie is manly, so manly, oh so manly his name is Derrick Bateman.

Daniel Bryan

#39. It's not like I'm a rookie pilot. In fact, I invented airplanes. And air.

David Blatt

#40. I'm not a rookie anymore-no more excuses about being young.

Adrian Beltre

#41. I remember going from rookie ball to A, to double A, then to triple A. At every level it seemed like the game was faster. The bigger the situation, the more the game speeds up. That's all mental. It messes people up.

Derek Jeter

#42. Baseball is a rookie, his experience no bigger than the lump in his throat as he begins fulfillment of his dream.

Ernie Harwell

#43. Complainin' to my lawyer how this rookie tried to frisk me ...
Jealous of my jeep, I gave his badge to the chief,
And got his ass directin' traffic in the heat for a week.

RZA

#44. I was invited to play with the New York Knicks. I was never drafted, but I was invited to the rookie camp.

Louis Gossett Jr.

#45. You don't come up expecting to be a fan favorite. When I was a rookie, I was just trying to make a name for myself, but people already knew who I was and already had expectations for me.

Tim Lincecum

#46. Dr. Cox mentors the rookie doctors with a spoonful of dirt and then a cup of sugar. I see him as an archetypal descendent of two of my favorite curmudgeonly characters: Lou Grant and Louie De Palma.

John C. McGinley

#47. Veterans get priority in the training room and better parking, but there is not a whole lot of difference in terms of how they're treated in the competition for playing time. To me it doesn't matter if a guy is a 10-year veteran or a rookie. If the rookie is better, he finds his way onto the field.

Brendan Daly

#48. I used to lead off when I was a rookie. I've always been able to bunt.

Chili Davis

#49. He settled his hat back into position. She was a rookie in her first big game, and he'd never let her see how close she'd come to unseating a champion

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

#50. I remember my rookie hazing. It wasn't fun.

Gio Gonzalez

#51. I did some good things as a rookie.

Earl Campbell

#52. Being picked for the Pro Bowl is a feeling I can't describe. I never thought I'd be out here as a rookie, so it's great.

Eddie Lacy

#53. I don't look at a man who's expert in one area as a specialist. I look at him as a rookie in ten other areas.

Conor McGregor

#54. I'm completely gobsmacked by the 'Rookie Blue' fans.

Charlotte Sullivan

#55. On rookie Alex Selivanov, Yes the guy can score you 40 goals. Yes I love it. What I don't want is him causing 60.

Terry Crisp

#56. It's an honor to win the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year award.

Peter Uihlein

#57. Chris Pittaro is the best rookie I've had in 15 years.

Sparky Anderson

#58. I think because I am a proven rookie that it is going to help me in the long run.

Andrew Bogut

#59. A lot of pitchers today are afraid of the ball. Warren Spahn pinch-hit for me when I was a rookie. He hit a sacrifice fly. I couldn't argue. I was 20 years old and just happy to be in the big leagues. And Spahnnie was a good hitter.

Joe Torre

#60. I think sometimes you just need to play in this league. As a rookie coming out of college, you don't understand the real significance of being a pro unless you're playing other pros. It doesn't help you to play sporadically here or there.

Michael Cooper

#61. I'm trying to be a sponge. People say, 'Well, that's what your rookie year is.' I still feel that way in my second year.

Scott Tolzien

#62. I've been making movies for a long time. The Japanese way of making movies has become second nature to me. To get away from that, I really try to surround myself with younger staff and approach making movies not like a veteran of the industry but always as a beginner and a rookie.

Takashi Miike

#63. For whatever reason, Coach Schwartz and I weren't all that close at first. We didn't have that kind of relationship, really. I don't know why, maybe because I was a rookie, but I never felt real comfortable just popping my head in his office and sitting down to talk.

Ndamukong Suh

#64. Rookie smarts isn't an age or an experience level; it is state of mind - one that is available to those willing to unlearn and relearn. It is also a choice. As

Liz Wiseman

#65. It's kind of a tradition that you get a rookie, put him in the middle, wrap your arms and legs around him, then douse him with everything you can get a hold of - shaving cream, ketchup, mustard, everything. It's kind of like a pie in the face after a guy is successful.

Gary Carter

#66. When Obama heralds another 'teachable moment,' it means he has already made an egregious rookie mistake.

Tina Brown

#67. A player cannot be part of the training camp experience as a rookie unless he is signed to a contract.

Leigh Steinberg

#68. The better quarterbacks are real consistent. Rookie quarterbacks are not.

Jeffrey Lurie

#69. Rookies tend to show off.

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