Quotes & Sayings About Rookies

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

You said if they're assigned to Indian Country they are either rookies or have trouble with authority. Did — Louise Erdrich

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

Rookies always knew everything, which was what got them in trouble. — Evan Currie

Garbage time is that time at the end of the game when the points don't really matter, and nothing you do can really affect the overall outcome, but the rookies usually get a chance to play on the big stage. — Katie Nolan

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

When I first signed with the Yankees, the regulars wouldn't talk to you until you were with the team three or four years. Nowadays the rookies get $100,000 to sign and they don't talk to the regulars. — Lefty Gomez

A no-hitter secures a pitcher's spot on an elite yet diverse list that embraces Hall of Famers, struggling journeymen, and wide-eyed rookies. — Dirk Lammers

My rookie is manly, so manly, oh so manly his name is Derrick Bateman. — Daniel Bryan

Halas didn't believe in starting rookies. — Gale Sayers

Tried on daddy's 1979 rookie firesuit a while back. Smelled every bit of 36 years old. — Dale Earnhardt Jr.

I was the greenest rookie that ever was. One evening I was standing out on the sidewalk when a stranger approached and said, 'You're famous already kid. See, they've named a hotel for you.' I looked across the street and sure enough, there was a big illuminated sign that read 'Johnson Hotel.' Well, do you know that I was so green that I actually believed the man! — Walter Johnson

Rookies tend to show off. — Toba Beta

Rookies are also coming in from college programs as big stars, whereas when we came in, we were just happy to be there. We were happy to be playing in a big gym, to be on television, to be playing in America. — Sue Wicks

Funny how so many rookies out there still judge condition of the US economy on the rigged "stock market". I frankly find it hilarious. — Ziad K. Abdelnour

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

Derek Lowe and Curt Schilling were veterans when Boston won the 2004 World Series, but they were quick to recognize Johnny Pesky by name - and for good reason. Pesky last played for Boston in 1952, but his close ties to the organization since his career ended in 1954 are legendary. His presence was so great, among rookies and veterans alike, that Lowe and Schilling understood that the championship belonged to Pesky just as much as it did to the guys on the playoff roster. — Tucker Elliot

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

Some of the money going to the rookies can now be spent on people who have proved their worth. After all, the average playing life of a pro football player is about eight years and it is only fitting that the veterans get something for their efforts. — Bob Lilly

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

We have a lot of rookies in the lineup. More than anybody, I would say. Its going to be something new for them. They have to understand that it's totally different hockey in the playoffs. Starting with the fans, the intensity of the game, every mistake counts. — Jaromir Jagr

Rookies talk rubbish. — Toba Beta

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

Chris Pittaro is the best rookie I've had in 15 years. — Sparky Anderson

Veterans and remarkable rookies. International Thriller Writers, Inc. (ITW) cofounder, David — Lee Child

It's not like I'm a rookie pilot. In fact, I invented airplanes. And air. — David Blatt

A lot of rookies hit the wall after 50 or 60 games. — Andrew Bogut

group of rookies can outperform individual experts. Behavioral scientists at the University of Chicago showed that expert pathologists poorly predict a cancer patient's survival time based on viewing a biopsy slide; yet when the decision of a group of less experienced individuals is aggregated, the readings are much more accurate than the predictions of individual experts. — Liz Wiseman

I tell all the rookies that come into our series and all the young drivers they can come ask me anything at any time, and we'll give them the straight shoot. — Al Unser

What makes you think that I give a shit about your self-confidence? — Toba Beta

Harmon Killebrew was a gem. I can never thank him enough for all I learned from him. He was a consummate professional who treated everyone from the brashest of rookies to the groundskeepers to the ushers in the stadium with the utmost of respect. — Rod Carew

It is professional snobbery that refrains training rookies. — Aniruddha Sastikar

I'm not a rookie anymore-no more excuses about being young. — Adrian Beltre

In spring training prior to his 1995 rookie season, Chipper was already so confident in who he was as a player that he famously deadpanned to veteran slugger Fred McGriff, after the Crime Dog grounded into an inning-ending double play, these two words: "Rally killer." His confidence carried over to the field, just as it had since he began playing as a kid - he batted .265, and he led all rookies with 23 home runs, 87 runs, and 86 RBIs. Hideo Nomo was Rookie of the Year for the Dodgers, but Chipper and the Braves were World Champions. — Tucker Elliot

The NBA is a big family, and I think of all these rookies as my brothers. I still believe I am blue collar among the All-Stars. — Yao Ming

MC's they retreat cause they know I can beat 'em,
And eat 'em in a battle and the ref won't cheat 'em.
I'm the best takin' out all rookies,
So forget Oreos ... eat Cool J cookies. — LL Cool J