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Nolan Ryan Quotes - Page 2

All Quotes Baseball Children Opportunity Sports

I never found a place where I wanted to live more than Alvin (Texas).

I never found a place where I wanted to live more than Alvin (Texas).

Texas, Found, Wanted

Nolan Ryan (1990). “Throwing Heat: The Autobiography of Nolan Ryan”, Avon Books

I cant think of anything more humiliating than losing a ballgame to a guy who steals home on you. It happened to me one time against Kansas City. I had a 2-2 count on the hitter - and Amos Otis broke from third. The pitch was a ball and slid in safe. I felt like a nickel.

Home, Thinking, Cities

What man in his 40s would not like to look in the mirror and find Nolan Ryan?

Men, Mirrors, Looks

And when I went to Houston, they had a conditioning coach by the name of Gene Coleman. And that was the first time I had gone to an organization that had a program with a weight room and designed specifically for pitchers.

Sports, Names, Organization

And then when I went to stay in '68, I can honestly say that I was not focused on my career and on what it took to be a major league pitcher and to be a starting pitcher.

Sports, Careers, League

And to play as long as I did and to have a family you have to be very blessed and I was with my wife Ruth. Ruth, I appreciate the job you did, and my three fine children, Reid, Reese, and Wendy.

Jobs, Children, Blessed

I always thought that there was going to be life after baseball, and so I designed that in my life I would have other interests after baseball that I would be able to step into. And I didn't realize the grip that baseball had on me and on my family.

Sports, Baseball, Would Be

I like to refer to my years with the Angels as the foundation of my career.

Sports, Angel, Years

Nolan Ryan (1999). “Nolan Ryan: The Road to Cooperstown”, Addax Publishing Group Incorporated

I can honestly say it took two full years for me to get over the fact that I was no longer a baseball player.

Sports, Baseball, Player

I had the pleasure, as Robin said, to live a childhood dream as many young Americans and Puerto Rican children live that play youth baseball. And I feel honored and very thankful for that opportunity.

Sports, Baseball, Dream

For my children, they spent 15 to 20 years of their life in baseball. And Ruth and I spent so many years of our married life that that was our life. We knew nothing else.

Sports, Baseball, Children

And that's what makes this a great game, is the support and the commitment that the fans give the game.

Sports, Commitment, Games

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