Quotes by Vernon Law - Page 1

Nice people around Pittsburgh.
Vernon Law /
Nice People
Pittsburgh
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I knew I needed to keep my nose clean and set the right example.
Vernon Law /
Clean
Example
Needed
Set
Nose
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I have nothing but all the respect in the world for Jackie Robinson.
Vernon Law /
Jackie
Robinson
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We played on a sandlot all summer. There was no little league back then.
Vernon Law /
League
Little League
Summer
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Today, you hit .230, and you get a million and a half and think you're underpaid.
Vernon Law /
Half
Underpaid
Hit
Million
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Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.
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Experience
Teacher
Hard
Because
Afterwards
First
Gives
Lesson
She
Test
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At 87, I have to keep moving because, if I sit down, you never know what might happen.
Vernon Law /
Moving
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I said, 'Maz, if I hadn't screwed up that Game 7, you wouldn't be in the Hall of Fame.'
Vernon Law /
Fame
Hall
Screwed
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Some people are so busy learning the tricks of the trade that they never learn the trade.
Vernon Law /
Learning
Busy
Trade
Tricks
Never
Learn
Some
Some People
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We had a lot of different personalities. Hoak was the straw boss. He just would not quit.
Vernon Law /
Boss
Different Personalities
Personalities
Quit
Straw
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I liked Jackie as an individual. I felt bad about how he was treated. He's a better man than me by far.
Vernon Law /
Better Man
Individual
Jackie
Treated
Man Me Better
Better Man Me
Liked
Far
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I had to go out and give my team a chance. I didn't want to be remembered as the guy blowing the World Series.
Vernon Law /
Remembered
Series
World Series
Blowing
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I wouldn't trade my life with anybody else. I played during the golden day of baseball, back when it was a game and when it was fun.
Vernon Law /
Baseball
Golden
Trade
Anybody Else
Life Game Day
Life Game Fun
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We just had a bunch of guys who liked each other, and we worked well together and sacrificed to win ball games. It was a real team effort.
Vernon Law /
Ball Games
Bunch
Effort
Games
Team
Team Effort
Together
Ball
Liked
Guys
Sacrificed
Worked
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They couldn't sign me until after I graduated, but right after graduation day, I had nine different organizations there wanting to sign me.
Vernon Law /
Graduation
Nine
Organizations
Graduated
Sign
Wanting
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I wanted to be successful enough that I'd have opportunities to talk about the church. I wanted people to listen whenever I talked about it.
Vernon Law /
Church
Successful
Opportunities
Talked
Whenever
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I played against a lot of guys, a lot of good players, and I remember those guys. They're friends now. They weren't then. You wanted to beat them.
Vernon Law /
Beat
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I got the nickname 'Deacon' because I didn't swear, didn't drink, went to church, and did quite a bit of speaking in other churches, youth groups, and so forth.
Vernon Law /
Church
Drink
Groups
Swear
Youth
Quite
Did
Bit
Nickname
Churches
Deacon
Forth
Quite A Bit
Speaking
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Our whole family had been sports oriented. My dad had played a lot of semipro but never had any opportunity to do anything with it. Back then, he had to make a living.
Vernon Law /
Opportunity
Sports
Played
Oriented
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You sign a contract, and you abide by the contract. And sometimes my turn would come around on Sunday. Even though I didn't like to play baseball on Sunday, it was my job.
Vernon Law /
Baseball
Sunday
Job
Abide
Contract
Play Baseball
Sign
Though
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I never chased around with the opposition or got too well acquainted with them, because when the time in the ballgame came up where I had to pitch inside, I didn't want to hesitate.
Vernon Law /
Ballgame
Inside
Acquainted
Chased
Hesitate
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Sometimes you're going to be shoved into a corner, and even though it's against your principles, against the way that you like to play the game, you're going to have to protect your own players.
Vernon Law /
Principles
Protect
Your Game Way
Corner
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That's what I think most players want to be remembered as, being a good competitor. Not being a guy who makes excuses. There are a lot of guys who make an excuse before the game why they're not going to win. And those guys are losers.
Vernon Law /
Excuse
Guy
Remembered
Good Game Win
Competitor
Losers
Guys
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It was a crazy series, 1960. The Yankees were predicted to beat us four straight. And on paper, we couldn't match them because they had better players. But we also had twenty-five guys that wanted to win, and we did everything we could to win.
Vernon Law /
Paper
Series
Twenty Five
Yankees
Beat
Straight
Match
Predicted
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I could not have taken what he took, sliding into second base and having a guy stand over you and spit on you, call you every name in the book. Believe me, for him not to respond, to ignore it and not retaliate, you can't say enough good about Jackie.
Vernon Law /
Book
Enough
Guy
Jackie
Spit
Taken
Good Believe Me
Good Enough Believe
Stand
Base
Call
Respond
Having
Him
Ignore
Retaliate
Second
Sliding
Took
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