Ueberroth Quotes & Sayings

Baseball is a public trust. Players turn over, owners turn over and certain commissioners turn over. But baseball goes on. — Peter Ueberroth

Authority is 20% given and 80% taken ... so take it! — Peter Ueberroth

But wherefore could not I pronounce 'Amen'? I had most need of blessing, and 'Amen' Stuck in my throat. — William Shakespeare

Over the entrance to the temple at Delphi was a famous inscription: KNOW THYSELF! It reminded visitors that man must never believe himself to be more than mortal - and that no man can escape his destiny. — Jostein Gaarder

A cloud hangs over baseball. It's a cloud called drugs and it's permeated our game. — Peter Ueberroth

My primary process of perceiving is muscular and visual. — Albert Einstein

Hunting after happiness is like hunting after a lost sheep in the wilderness
when you find it, the chances are that it is a skeleton. — Josh Billings

Other sports play once a week but this sport is with us every day. — Peter Ueberroth

This is America's Team and we are confident this outstanding group of athletes will make our country proud. — Peter Ueberroth

The best thing about search is you always find what you want. The worst thing about search is you never find what you do not want. — Joshua Cohen

To be happy, you have to risk being unhappy. — Ogwo David Emenike

Bob Mathias was one of those rare individuals with the ability to inspire a nation through his determination and perseverance. He was a champion in every aspect of life, and he embraced the values that make our country and the worldwide Olympic movement special — Peter Ueberroth

Feet on ground,
Heart in hand,
Facing forward,
Be yourself. — Jann Arden

And, indeed, I will ask on my own account here, an idle question: which is better - cheap happiness or exalted sufferings? Well, which is better? — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

I love movies with spectacle but spectacle can be a performance, it doesn't have to be a creature. — J.J. Abrams

The integrity of the game is everything. — Peter Ueberroth

The state is out of control, the state is on a spending binge, the state has to stop putting itself in a hole that's getting deeper and deeper and deeper. — Peter Ueberroth

This and no other is the root from
which a tyrant springs; when he
first appears he is a protector. — Plato

If you cannot find beauty in the midst of ugliness to find heaven on earth, you will not be able to find heaven in space. — Debasish Mridha

The international game has changed for bidding cities. — Peter Ueberroth

Here lies Mickey Mantle. Banned from baseball. — Peter Ueberroth

Michelle Kwan means more to the United States Olympic Committee than maybe any athlete that's every performed. She's a leader, she's been gracious, she's somebody to cherish forever. She's a real loss to the United States Olympic Committee, to the United States of America and, I think, to the world. — Peter Ueberroth

Whatever you do, put your heart into it. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Women try to be the best everywhere, and it's impossible. I want my clothes to give women the freedom to just be - I want them to put on my dresses and shine. — Alber Elbaz

So Witch Baby played. Tossing her head, sucking in her cheeks and popping up with the impact of each beat. Thrusting her whole body into the music and thrusting the music into the air around her. She imagined that her drums were planets and the music was all the voices of growth and light and life joined together and traveling the universe. — Francesca Lia Block

Inspiration comes from the world around me. I'm an inveterate eavesdropper. — Jenny Nimmo

It's not, 'We have a city to bid, now let's go check in with the federal government'. — Peter Ueberroth