When I was a small boy growing up in Kansas, a friend of mine and I went fishing and as we sat there in the warmth of a summer afternoon on a riverbank we talked about what we wanted to do when we grew up. I told him that I wanted to be a real major-league baseball player, a genuine professional like Honus Wagner. My friend said that he'd like to be President of the United States. Neither of us got our wish.
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Sweat plus sacrifice equals success.
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Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken.
Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken.
Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you.
Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you.
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You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat.
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Two hundred million Americans, and there ain't two good catchers among 'em.
