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Lou Brock [1939-0] American

Rank: 104
Athlete, Baseball player

Louis Clark "Lou" Brock is an American former professional baseball player. He began his 19-year Major League Baseball career playing in 1961 for the Chicago Cubs, and spent the majority of his career playing as a left fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals.

Dad, Fear, Respect, Time

Quote	Tags	Rank
Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time.	Fear, Time	101
You can't be afraid to make errors! You can't be afraid to be naked before the crowd, because no one can ever master the game of baseball, or conquer it. You can only challenge it.		102
When I was a kid, I used to imagine animals running under my bed. I told my dad, and he solved the problem quickly. He cut the legs off the bed.	Dad	103
Jim Crow was king... and I heard a game in which Jackie Robinson was playing, and I felt pride in being alive.		104
We have to make some radical move to get the attention of everyone. Cheaters can't win and steroids has put us in the position that it's OK to cheat.		105
Stealing bases was put to me almost as a prerequisite for staying in the game. They didn't give me a handbook on how to do it; they said do it. Under those conditions you go out and develop your own handbook.		106
They will look at my career as the guy who gave it all but at the same time did it with integrity. That's what we all aim for - the respect of the game as well as the honesty that's played a part of that game.	Respect	107
You can't hide God in you. God was not meant to become part of you, and you hide out in the closet. I don't think He wanted that. I think He wanted people to see the Christ in you that reflects Him.		108
I don't think about goals and records. Competition is what keeps me playing.		109
If you're successful in what you do over a period of time, you'll start approaching records, but that's not what you're playing for. You're playing to challenge and be challenged.		110
I was not in the church, but we claim, like so many people, 'Yeah, I grew up in the church.' Well yeah, I grew up in the church and went to church, but I knew nothing about the Lord. I had no idea what it meant about walking in faith.		111
The baseball held was my fantasy of what life offered.		112
Your bat is your life. It's your weapon. You don't want to go into battle with anything that feels less than perfect.		113
The stiffer the penalty, the greater the message is sent.		114
I had a job on college campus. I lost that job, but on my way home I heard an inner voice that said go out for the baseball team. I was a walk-on, and I was actually petrified as a walk-on because you're not an athlete.		115
If I had any interest in coming back to baseball, it would be as a general manager and not as a manager.		116
Some players tell me that since retiring they've had the urge to go somewhere every three days. To satisfy that urge, they may even jump in the car and drive around the block.		117
There is a definite loneliness in the game. Most people stay away from you since they think they're intruding upon your time. And after the ball game, when it's 11 o'clock and you want to eat dinner some place, the restaurants are closed.		118

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