Tony Oliva Quotes

#1. I just didn't have no edge for baseball. Once special coach Tony Oliva and former Twins coach Al Newman told me what happened, I couldn't function.

Torii Hunter

#2. Kind words do not cost much. They never blister the tongue or lips. They make other people good-natured. They also produce their own image on men's souls, and a beautiful image it is.

Blaise Pascal

#3. What makes me uncomfortable about [Barack] Obama is what makes me uncomfortable about any young politician who has not yet been bloodied inside the Beltway.

Henry Rollins

#4. By dancing in a socially approved way with their peers, individiuals proclaim their allegiance to society as a whole.

Gerald Jonas

#5. The people who run the game, they are the ones who want to change it and make people believe that it's different somehow. It's not different, the only difference is that some ballplayers today have a chance for a four- or five-year contract and they can make big money.

Tony Oliva

#6. I took a fortifying breath, stood, and made my way out to the living room. Clay waited for me by the kitchenette. He had a glass of orange juice ready for me. He knew me well. I smiled my thanks and gulped it down. It felt good and gave me a tiny energy boost. "I

Melissa Haag

#7. It's because they don't understand good sex has nothing to do with equality.

Nic Kelman

#8. Mystery is not the absence of meaning, but the presence of more meaning than we can comprehend.

Dennis Covington

#9. From the point of view of the history of the universe, Max's death was not a big deal," said Eisman. "It was just my big deal." At

Michael Lewis

#10. I suffer from overheating quite easily.

Guy Pearce

#11. 'Dragonball' is the coolest television cartoon in the last 50,000 years.

James Marsters

#12. I still dream about everything I achieved. I dream about my career, dream about playing baseball, meeting so many people, traveling so much.

Tony Oliva

#13. The judge gave me a break. He was like: wow, we've never heard of this. So he gave me time served in the county jail, I didn't even get a felony. I have yet to get a felony, which is so crazy. I think Lindsey Lohan has more felonies than me.

Luis J. Rodriguez

#14. Sufferance is the badge of all our tribe.

William Shakespeare

#15. I think that the game is the game. I think that expansion is good for the game because it gives more jobs to the people and more ballplayers can play, but I think the game is still the game. The ballplayers, they come into the game with one thing in mind - it's their job.

Tony Oliva

#16. It's a good feeling to see the kids try to make it, try to get to the big leagues. Everyone here has an opportunity to achieve his dream. I was lucky I was able to achieve my dream.

Tony Oliva

#17. Always it's Spring)and everyone's in love and flowers pick themselves.

E. E. Cummings

#18. I come from Cuba. Taxes for me are no big thing.

Tony Oliva

#19. They gave me a second opportunity and 45 years later I'm still here.

Tony Oliva

#20. I crave for knowledge. I envy tolerant, peaceful folks. I am frightened by ignorance. I loathe violence.

Tsegaye Gebre Medhin

#21. Yesterday he had limped, but today there was no part of his feet that didn't hurt, so limping did no good.

Patrick Rothfuss

#22. I love New York. I love to come here, to play here, the tradition here. I'll never forget my first home run here was over Mickey Mantle's head.

Tony Oliva

#23. I've never been good with structure - doing assignments for the sake of them or doing things I'm supposed to do.

Kim Gordon