Blyleven Quotes & Sayings

An interpreter must give his blood to the work interpreted. — Claudio Arrau

The United States survives so long as at least one of its major parties is politically and intellectually healthy. — Bret Stephens

It enrages me to see only certain players singled out for the Hall of Fame because they were born with a God-given specialty. When I take my kids to the Baseball Hall of Fame, I want them to experience the full array of talents that make the game what it is today, not just the larger-than-life freaks of nature. I want them to know that you don't have to be the biggest or the strongest to reach your goals, and that hard work and perseverance are also rewarded. — Bert Blyleven

I want to stay around longer than the pitchers who were at the top when I came into the big leagues. I don't want to be gone and have all the old guys - Seaver, Carlton, Ryan and Sutton - still pitching. I got rid of Palmer, now I want to outlast the rest of them. — Bert Blyleven

Life's not real easy right now. But I guess I'd rather have it this way than not at all. — Vince Carter

we always knew
that good times came
with termination contracts
even if we weren't quite ready
to sign it. — Sanober Khan

My dad introduced me to baseball. Then one of my friends asked if I could play on a team; my dad said I could, and I just fell in love with the game. — Bert Blyleven

When you're not at the top of your game and you feel like the other team is laughing and embarrassing you by doing certain things, it's time to retaliate. — Bert Blyleven

Thanks, Ian, but sometimes there's just nothing you can do." Her feet moved forward again towards the center of Lacsar Forest.
"That's not true, Eena. I can always listen. — Richelle E. Goodrich

I knew that I wasn't a first-ballot Hall-of-Fame inductee. — Bert Blyleven

I was on a very bumpy plane ride, an overnight flight. I was so miserable, and I pulled out 'David Copperfield,' and I forgot how scared and tired I was, and I thought, 'This is what reading should be.' I'm utterly transported out of my current situation. — Jennifer Egan

The problem with being Comeback Player of the Year is it means you have to go somewhere before you can come back. — Bert Blyleven

I'm from Southern California, so I feel much more comfortable with a golf club in my hand than I do a weapon. — Bert Blyleven

Your goal as a hitter is to get on. And if the third baseman is playing back and letting you lay down a bunt, I don't have a problem with that, even if it's late in a no-hitter. — Bert Blyleven

If you have been suffering with physical ailments or even a spiritual emptiness, I want to share with you what I know to be true: The more love and reverence you give your body, the better you will feel. — Debbie Ford

The best thing about the New Year is your 4.90 ERA disappears and starts back at zero. — Bert Blyleven

To not realize one's dreams is a shame; to not reach for them is a tragedy — Jason Alan

No one could have less faith in the absolute and definitive importance of the work created by man, because I believe that this world is nothing but a dream. — Gustave Moreau

Getting into the Hall of Fame won't change me. I'm still going to pass gas and pick my nose like I always do. — Bert Blyleven

I really like Kansas City Royals stadium - Kauffman Stadium. — Bert Blyleven

Palin was a political Hail Mary, a long bomb in the closing minutes of a game that John McCain and Co. were certain to lose. They didn't care if she had the policy or political or emotional capacity to serve as vice president, let alone president. They were willing to drive the country off a cliff, if that's what it took to win. — Dee Dee Myers

Jace: Herondale, on the other hand, is melodic. Dulcet, one might say. Think of the sound of 'Clary Herondale.'
Clary: Oh, my god, that sounds horrible.
Jace: We all must sacrifice for love. — Cassandra Clare

The 16 years have gone so fast. I came to Minnesota as a 19-year-old kid. Marv Grissom was the pitching coach, an old-timer who taught me quite a bit. Marv didn't like the way I stepped toward the plate. I had a tendency to throw across my body. So, he took me off to the side at Met Stadium and put a chair on the mound. If I threw across my body, I would step on the chair. Marv was trying to hurt me. I fooled him. I started stepping the right way. — Bert Blyleven

I'm probably one of the few people that liked 'Water World' with Kevin Costner. — Bert Blyleven

And when my second book had come out, "Wild Gratitude," I went to Pearl London's class and she worked through different drafts of poems and there were the drafts of my poem, Wild Gratitude, and I saw that I had begun the poem with the title August 13th. — Edward Hirsch

There's more to anybody. Just because you haven't noticed it, that's your problem, that's not mine. — Al Lewis

Comebacks Baseball and malaria keep coming back. GENE MAUCH The problem with being Comeback Player of the Year is it means you have to go somewhere before you can come back. BERT BLYLEVEN It was like watching a movie you've seen a hundred times, only they snuck in an alternate ending. BILL SIMMONS, on the Red Sox winning the 2004 World Series — Peter Handrinos

One curve I'll always remember was when I was pitching for Pittsburgh. Terry Kennedy was a young player with St. Louis. I threw him an 0-2 curve and it snapped. Terry's reaction was to swing straight down, like he was chopping the plate with an axe. It was the last out of the inning. After I ran off the mound, I looked over at the St. Louis dugout. There were players rolling around on the floor, laughing. Poor Terry. I'll have to admit that was a hell of a curveball. — Bert Blyleven

I love baseball. I love watching baseball. As a broadcaster, I get to watch the best 700 players put on the uniform year after year. That, to me, is exciting. — Bert Blyleven

I hope to always be myself, except more mature and knowing more. — David Archuleta

I delight in M'Cheyne's remark, It is not so much great talents that God blesses, as great likeness to Christ. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

I know I've got a lock on the Dutch Hall of Fame. — Bert Blyleven