Dennis Eckersley Quotes

• The thing that got me over the hump was accepting that I had to do whatever I could to stay in the game

  Dennis Eckersley

  Games, Accepting

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• It took a great deal of acceptance to come to terms with being an alcoholic, but the acceptance was key to my sobriety. If I had not gained acceptance at that time in my life, I would not be standing here today.

  Dennis Eckersley

  Acceptance, Keys, Sobriety

  "Finishing speech a great relief to Eck / Closer brings tears during emotional gathering" by John Shea, www.sfgate.com. July 26, 2004.

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• People say baseball players should go out and have fun. No way. To me, baseball is pressure, I always feel it. This is work. The fun is afterwards, when you shake hands.

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  Baseball, Fun, Player

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• When I first came up, the bullpen was pretty much where they put the guys who couldn't start.

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  Sports, Guy, Firsts

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• Sooner or later you learn that you belong in the big leagues, and that makes you calm down

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  League, Calm, Bigs

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• Fui titular e hice algunas cosas buenas allí, y luego tuve la oportunidad de demostrar mi valía como cerrador. Gracias a esa oportunidad, tuve el honor de ser elegido miembro del Salón de la Fama.

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  Sports, Blessed, Opportunity

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• Then you figure out that if you don't throw it as hard as you can, you can put it where you want. It's more important where you put it

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  Sports, Important, Want

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• When I started finishing games and coming off the field shaking hands, it was a beautiful thing. I mean, you start seeing that you're an important part of the team.

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  Mean Girls, Beautiful, Sports

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• That first year in Chicago was one of the most memorable in my career. Getting traded rejuvenated me, and I had something to prove. I wanted to show them what I could do

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  Sports, Memorable, Years

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• Later, I could take something off my slider and I could make my fastball sink, so I really had four pitches.

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  Sports, Four, Fastballs

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• It took me a few years to realize that throwing harder wasn't always better.

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  Years, Realizing, Throwing

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• But through experience I learned to control my body and locate the ball.

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  Balls, Body

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• But more important than personal awards is winning the World Series. That's the max that anyone could ask for. Let alone to have the ball in your in your glove for the final out of the World Series. That was the ultimate.

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  Sports, Winning, Awards

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• I think today the players are too nice to one another, but that might change with the unbalanced schedule, with teams playing each other more and more. When you face each other that much, with that much at stake, something's bound to happen.

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  Sports, Nice, Team

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• I had never been to the playoffs, and it was exciting. The fans went through the roof. They were excited about the whole team. It was great to be traded to a city like Chicago, which was a lot like Boston.

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  Sports, Team, Boston

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• No recuerdo mucho sobre los lanzamientos, pero sí que estaba ansioso por terminar. Solo quería acabar el primer partido y seguir a partir de ahí.

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  Sports, Games, Pitching

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• They developed a platform for me to put up another 12 years, and that was my ticket to Cooperstown. Those were the best years of my life. It was like magic.

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  Sports, Years, Magic

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• You aren't going to stick around long with just two pitches

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  Two, Long, Sticks

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• I was in good control of my body, and I kept my head still.

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  Body, Stills

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• I'm proud of the fact that I pitched almost 3,300 innings.

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  Sports, Proud, Facts

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• I always had the attitude that I wanted to throw a no-hitter every game.

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  Attitude, Games, Wanted

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• Mi carrera abarcó la época en la que los relevistas empezaron a ser más importantes

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  Careers, Important, Eras

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• I also think that I had great mechanics.

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  Sports, Thinking, Mechanic

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• Lanzar... a veces lo hacía tan mal que me hacía llorar.

  Dennis Eckersley

  Sports, Tears, Pitching

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