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Carl Yastrzemski was the best all-around player. He could run, throw and hit. He had the ability to play a number of different positions. He signed as a shortstop. He could play the outfield, of course, and third base and first, too. He was a tremendous athlete. Mickey Mantle was unbelievable, too.
Al Kaline
Best
First
Positions
Too
Tremendous
Signed
Run
Athlete
Ability
All-Around
Outfield
Unbelievable
Could
Throw
Had
He
Course
Hit
Mickey
Different
Shortstop
Mantle
Base
Play
Player
Number
Third
I love the game very much, but when you were a certain type of player for a few years, being a front-end starter, that's the way I still think I can pitch. But the body tells you no.
Al Leiter
Love
You
Game
Few
Think
Type
Way
Tells
Still
Were
Years
Very
Pitch
Being
Much
Certain
Body
Player
Starter
I like starting. It's pretty cool.
Al Leiter
Pretty
Like
Cool
Starting
For seven years, I was in this fishbowl with this intensity, with all the stuff that went on with the Mets.
Al Leiter
Seven
Stuff
Years
Mets
Intensity
You put deadlines on people you really don't want, because that's how you feel about them.
Al Leiter
You
People
About
Put
Feel
Deadlines
Because
How
Want
Them
Really
Pitches are like pages of a book; they're so important. The chess game; how I set you up early, and how I'll do it differently later.
Al Leiter
You
Game
Book
Important
Later
Like
How
Chess
Up
Pitches
Pages
Differently
Early
Set
Baseball gives a growing boy self poise and self reliance.
Al Spalding
Reliance
Gives
Poise
Self
Boy
Self-Reliance
Baseball
Growing
I was not able to understand how it could be right to pay an actor, or a singer, or an instrumentalist for entertaining the public and wrong to pay a ball player for doing exactly the same thing.
Al Spalding
Same Thing
Pay
Entertaining
Exactly
Exactly The Same
Able
Could
Wrong
Singer
Understand
Ball
Ball Player
How
Doing
Same
Public
Actor
Right
Thing
Player
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
Time
Me
Young
Our
Tell
Give
Drivers
Come
Shoot
Any
Anything
Rookie
Straight
Them
Ask
Series
I wouldn't mind meeting Eddie Van Halen. That would be great. We need to invite him to a race.
Al Unser
Great
Mind
Meeting
Van
Would
Van Halen
Would-Be
Invite
Halen
Eddie
Him
Race
Need
The only thing that's changed is the competitiveness of the series. It's only become harder to win in our series as the years have gone by. Competition breeds good things, and that's what's happened here.
Al Unser
Good
Good Things
Competition
Win
Become
Gone
Changed
Our
Only
Years
The Only Thing
Happened
Breeds
Series
Harder
Thing
Things
Here
Competitiveness
Winning in my business is everything.
Al Unser
Business
Everything
Winning
It's a great feeling to know that 100 cops want to stop you doing something and they can't.
Alain Robert
Great
You
Feeling
Great Feeling
Something
Know
Doing
Stop
Want
Cops
Fortunately, the courts discharged me every time after they understood what I had done.
Alain Robert
Time
Me
Every
Every Time
Had
Understood
Courts
Done
After
Fortunately
In fact, it will be very easy to climb the building because of its shape and architecture.
Alain Robert
Architecture
Will
Building
Easy
Fact
Shape
Because
Climb
Very
In Fact
Modern people are only willing to believe in their computers, while I believe in myself.
Alain Robert
Myself
People
Believe
Willing
Only
Computers
Modern
While
To me, climbing is like eating or drinking. I have to do it; it's part of my life.
Alain Robert
Life
Me
My Life
Drinking
Eating
Part
Like
Climbing
Plus, I very much like the feeling of height, and buildings have even more of a feeling of height than rock faces.
Alain Robert
Feeling
Plus
Faces
More
Like
Buildings
Rock
Very
Than
Height
Much
Even
There is a percentage of people who want to be a little bit outside their comfort zone and I am one of them, someone who lives on the edge.
Alain Robert
People
Edge
Bit
Someone
Percentage
Outside
Comfort
Comfort Zone
Am
Want
Little
Little Bit
Them
Who
Lives
Zone
We set ourselves limits, but we are all strong enough to aim higher, to achieve our goals. All we have to do is find such strength within ourselves. Know how to develop it.
Alain Robert
Strength
Strong
Goals
Achieve
Enough
Aim
Our
Ourselves
Find
Higher
Develop
Know
Within
How
Limits
Set
I did climb about 80 buildings around the world and I climbed even the five tallest.
Alain Robert
World
About
Around
Tallest
Buildings
Climb
Climbed
Five
Did
Even
With buildering, I get to keep that element of danger. Plus, I very much like the feeling of height, and buildings have even more of a feeling of height than rock faces.
Alain Robert
Feeling
Danger
Plus
Faces
More
Like
Buildings
Rock
Very
Than
Get
Height
Much
Even
Element
Keep
People need to learn to live with more risk.
Alain Robert
People
Live
Risk
More
Learn
Need
We are living in a world where everything is based on security.
Alain Robert
World
Living
Everything
Security
Where
Based
I see myself as a climber and an activist.
Alain Robert
Myself
See
Climber
Activist
He's sharp, he can score and he doesn't worry about missing.
Alan Hansen
Worry
About
He
Sharp
Missing
Score
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