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I wanted to be a part of something special and contributing to the launch of a new league was very exciting to me.
For years, I have been harboring memories of my first major league game at a place named Ebbets Field in Brooklyn.
All Brazilian players have this dream. I have, like everybody, the dream to play in Europe and the Premier League.
I was always a big Justice League fan. I always loved Batman, Superman - I have a weird Martian Manhunter fixation.
I think the National Football League needs a new union. The heavyweights of this union are not heavyweights enough.
I always look in the Sunday paper to see where Everton are in the league - starting, of course, from the bottom up.
It is a commonplace that the League of Nations is not yet-what its most enthusiastic protagonists intended it to be
Manchester United might not win Premier League every year, but we'd always be up there competing for it every year.
I like movies with superheroes - one of my favorite movies of all time was 'The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.'
My motive, and I will make it clear and look you in the eyes, is to attack major league baseball. That's my motive.
Having three brothers in the league has been real fun for the whole family, and we're just trying to keep it going.
If I had to single one guy out who is the most difficult player to guard in the league, it would have to be Carmelo.
In order to become a big-league manager you have to be in the right place at the right time. That's rule number one.
If you win the Premier League it means you have managed the difficult moments of the season better than anyone else.
Pitching in the Olympic Games, Pan Am Games and Central American games prepared me to pitch at the big-league level.
I find it easier to write in these little vignettes; if I try to get any more heavy, I find myself out of my league.
I was nicknamed 'Skeeter' in Little League because I was small and fast, like a mosquito flying across the outfield.
Typical of most French guys in our league with a visor on, running around and playing tough and not back anything up.
The best recommendation for an umpire in the old days was: "He licked somebody in the Three-I League. He ought to do.
I have two Portuguese league titles behind me, and although the Spanish league is different I am going to do my best.
All of the players want to play in the Premier League. I think it's about being in the right place at the right time.
You need to have a big squad; it's important when you're in the Champions League, with the amount of games we've got.
If I could do it over, I'd want to come up to the big leagues like Mike Trout. He's exciting and I like watching him.
I thought the Little League fields were big. You look back now, and its obviously the smallest field you can play on.
I dont want to return to France, because Ive won everything there - league title, cup, best player, best young player
Struck in the wet mire Four thousand leagues from the ninth buried city I thought of Troy, what we had built her for.
It's not just the NFL. Every other league has a draft. It has been fundamental to the success of professional sports.
I ran track for my school. I played football, but I didn't play for my high school; I played for a little league team.
Not many people get to the major leagues and succeed right away. There are some struggles. Everyone seems to struggle.
When you're a first-round pick and you get to the big leagues at 22, there's almost a sense that you've got to mature.
The best all-around [running] back in the league is Jamaal Charles. He has the ability to hit a homerun from anywhere.
There was a time in the mid-'50s when the Philippines was in the same league as Japan economically and academics-wise.
I need to be out earning. I can make more in two hours at a card show than I did [as a minor-league manager] all year.
You can take a sidewards step in the Premier League, go to a team in the Championship or come to a team in League One.
It was a great time working at Reading, especially the first season getting very close to going to the Premier League.
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America.
As a player, to me the Dodgers were the Yankees of the National League because you either loved them or you hated them.
She'll be evaluated like any other Double-A umpire. Major League Baseball has never attempted to influence our decision
I was convinced before the game that we had a very good chance but today was what you would call in Germany a blackout.
Major league baseball is about the history of the game. Baseball history is so important. It's so much more than money.
Obviously everybody, if you're playing in the league, you've got to have somewhat of an ego about how you play the game.
That woman was sexy. . . . Out of your league? Son, let women figure out why they won't screw you. Don't do it for them.
I started to crouch because that way I could guard the plate better, and I always wanted to hit .300 in the big leagues.
My theory on politics is no one really knows how it works, so I choose not to comment on stuff too outside of my league.
[Ecstasy] had its flaws, but again it was shot on a low budget, and they did well. It's not in the same league as Filth.
Marijuana is not tested for, and yet that is the big thing guys are getting in trouble with in the league. It's terrible
I knew my worth. I knew I could be one of the best 2-guards in the league. I'm not going to be bashful about it anymore.
I want to thank my two English clubs: Liverpool for bringing me to the Premier League and Chelsea for the trophies I won.
I mean no disrespect to Scottish football, but the Premier League is the biggest stage and highest profile league of all.
Marijuana is not tested for, and yet that is the big thing guys are getting in trouble with in the league. It's terrible.