“He hit the ball so hard, I couldn't even turn around in time to see it go over the fence.” Quote by Roger Clemens
“When they operated, I told them to put in a Koufax fastball. They did-but it was Mrs. Koufax's.” BaseballFastballs Author:Tommy John
“There are a lot of shots in golf I can't hit, but I try to hit them anyway. The frustration is not there, because I'm still learning. But I really know how to do this. I'm not just hoping to get it where I want it... Let the other guys do it half-assed.” KnowsWantTryingStillsI CanMotivationalGuyHalfKnow HowShotsBaseballGolfFrustrationOther Guys Author:Greg Maddux
“I didn't teach you that. Catch the ball with your glove.” TeachBaseballBallsGloves Author:Willie Mays
“Hey big mouth, how do you spell triple?” BigsMotivationalMouthsBaseballHeySpells Author:Shoeless Joe Jackson
“Raising children, be aware that the piles and piles of laundry will disappear all too soon and that you will, to your surprise, miss them profoundly.” ChildrenGrowing UpMissingSurpriseDisappearRaising ChildrenLaundryFingerprints Author:Thomas S. Monson
“By the time we hit fifty, we have learned our hardest lessons. We have found out that only a few things are really important. We have learned to take life seriously, but never ourselves.” ImportantFoundLessonsHardestMaturityFiftyBirthday50th BirthdayFunny Old Age BirthdayTurning 50 Author:Marie Dressler
“We allowed you a charade of trivial freedoms in order to avoid making those impositions on you that are in the end both the training ground and proving ground for true independence. We pronounced you strong when you were still weak in order to avoid taking part in the long, slow, slogging effort that is the only route to genuine maturity of mind and feeling. Thus, it was no small anomaly of your growing up that while you were the most indulged generation, you were also in many ways the most abandoned to your own meager devices by those into whose safe-keeping you had been given.” WayMindLongStillsEndsFeelingsOrderStrongGivenEffortGrowing UpGrowingGenerationsSafeProveTrainingWeakIndependenceGenuineMaturityDevicesAbandonedRoutesImpositionAnomaliesCharadesTrue IndependenceSafe Keeping Book:Liberal parents, radical children Source: Liberal parents, radical children
“Mature means neither "too soon" nor "too late," but something between the two.” MeanTwoLateMaturityToo LateMature Author:Nigidius Figulus
“Maturity is the ability to postpone gratification.” AbilityPsychologyMaturityMatureAdulthoodGratificationPostponing Author:Sigmund Freud