110521 quotes

Deep down, it’s all baseball,

No matter what kind of geometrical

Shape you play it with.

- Vernon D. Burns

 

More than any other American sport,

Baseball creates the magnetic,

Addictive illusion that it can almost

Be understood.

- Thomas Boswell

 

The first and last duty of the lover

Of the game of baseball,

Whether in the stands or on the field,

Is the same as that of the lover of life itself…

To pay attention to it.

When it comes to the position of catcher,

As all but fools and shortstops will freely

Acknowledge, this solemn requirement is

Doubled.

- Michael Chabon

 

 

 

110421 quotes

In prosperity, our friends know us;

In adversity, we know our friends.
- John Churton Collins

 

The rays of happiness,

Like those of light,

Are colorless when

Unbroken.
- Henry W. Longfellow

 

Times of great calamity and confusion

Have ever been productive of the greatest

Minds. The purest ore is produced from

The hottest furnace and the brightest

Thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest

Storm.
- Charles Caleb Colton

 

 

 

110221 quotes

Success is getting what you want
happiness is liking what you get.

- H. Jackson Brown Jr.  

 

It is the surmounting

Of difficulties that make

Heroes.
- Louis Kossuth

 

The Best Is Yet to Be.

- James Stowers

 

The 2021 Atlanta Braves

Are World Champions forever!

 

In the words of Jackie Gleason…

 

“How Sweet It Is”

 

To be a fan of the Atlanta Braves

 

The man who took away the

2021 All Star game from us

Had to present the commissioners

Trophy to us last night!

 

Yes… How Sweet It Is….

 

 

110221 quotes

(Baseball) is a game with a lot

Of waiting in it; it is a game with

Increasingly heightened anticipation

Of increasingly limited action.

- John Irving

 

Oh, to be a center fielder,

A center fielder…

And nothing more.

- Philip Roth

 

Playing baseball for pay…

Home run.

Teaching kids to play the game…

Priceless.

- Jack Perconte

 

 

 

102821 quotes

My reading of history convinces

Me that most bad government

Has grown out of too much

Government.

- John Sharp Williams

 

It is incumbent on every generation

To pay its own debts as it goes.

A principle which if acted on would

Save one-half the wars of the world.

- Thomas Jefferson

 

The strongest reason for the people

To retain the right to bear arms is,

As a last resort, to protect themselves

Against tyranny in government.

- Thomas Jefferson

 

 

 

 

102721 quotes

Why not chase what some see

As impossible?

Why not believe in yourself?

Why not dare to be great...

Even if it means being different?"
- John Smoltz

 

It took me seventeen years

To get three thousand hits

In baseball. It took one

Afternoon on the golf course.

- Hank Aaron

 

You play the game to win

The World Series.

Cy Young's are nice,

They really are.

They're great and I'm proud

Of them...

But easily the biggest thing

I've accomplished is getting

That World Series ring.

- Greg Maddux 

 

 

102621 quotes

I’m for the dreamers.

The only really important things

In history have been started by

The dreamers.

They never know what can’t be

Done.

Bill Veeck

 

The way I figured it,

I was even with baseball and

Baseball with me.

The game had done much for

Me, and I had done much for

It.

Jackie Robinson

 

Life will always throw you curves,

Just keep fouling them off,

The right pitch will come and

When it does be prepared to

Run the bases.

Sara Ann Nielsen

 

Checkout Monsterbass Mad Max Topwater Popper

Promotional Video...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJKfLZ9cFk8

 

 

 

102221 quotes

A person really doesn't become whole,

Until he becomes a part of something

That’s bigger than himself.

- Coach Jim Valvano 

 

How do you go from where you are

To where you want to be?

I think you have to have an

Enthusiasm for life.

You have to have a dream, a goal.

You have to be willing to work for it.

- Coach Jim Valvano

 

Cancer can take away all

Of my physical abilities…

It cannot touch my mind;

It cannot touch my heart,

And it cannot touch my soul.

- Coach Jim Valvano

 

 

102021 quotes

The democracy will cease to exist

When you take away from those

Who are willing to work and give

To those who would not.

- Thomas Jefferson

 

I predict future happiness for Americans

If they can prevent the government from

Wasting the labors of the people under

The pretense of taking care of them.

- Thomas Jefferson

 

To take from one, because it is thought

That his own industry and that of his

Fathers has acquired too much,

In order to spare others, who

Or whose fathers have not exercised

Equal industry and skill,

Is to violate the first principle of

Association, ‘the guarantee to every one

Of a free exercise of his industry,

And the fruits acquired by it.'

- Thomas Jefferson

 

 

101821 In Loving Memory of Dixie Putman Allison...

Memory is a man’s real possession …

In nothing else is he rich,

In nothing else is he poor.

- Alexander Smith

 

A strange thing is memory, and hope;

One looks backward, and the other forward;

One is of today, the other of tomorrow.

Memory is history recorded in our brain,

Memory is a painter,

It paints pictures of the past and of the day.

- Anna Mary Robertson Moses 

 

We do not remember days;

We remember moments. 

- Cesare Pavese

 

Elvis Presley … Memories

Memories, pressed between the pages of my mind
Memories, sweetened through the ages just like wine

Quiet thoughts come floating down
And settle softly to the ground
Like golden autumn leaves around my feet
I touched them and they burst apart with sweet memories
Sweet memories

Of holding hands and red bouquets
And twilight's trimmed in purple haze
And laughing eyes and simple ways
And quiet nights and gentle days, with you

Memories, pressed between the pages of my mind
Memories, sweetened through the ages just like wine
Memories, memories

Of holding hands and red bouquets
And twilight trimmed in purple haze
And laughing eyes and simple ways
And quiet nights and gentle days, with you

Memories, pressed between the pages of my mind
Memories, sweetened through the ages just like wine
Memories, memories, sweet memories
Memories

 

Written By Mac Davis & Billy Strange

 

 

101521 Atlanta Braves quotes following their game with the Brewers sending the team to the NLCS...

 “These are the things that, when I’m done playing

hopefully a long, long time from now, I’ll be able to

look back and kind of remember this moment.

And it’s special. This is what you dream of when

you’re a kid. You really do, hitting a homer to clinch

a playoff. And for it to happen, it’s kind of amazing.

It really is. So kind of hard to put into words right now.”

- Freddie Freeman

 

“There wasn’t much going on (in his mind rounding

the bases). I was hoping I didn’t fall over. I had a lot of

cool moments in my career, but so far I think that’s

going to top them right there. But hopefully that’s not

the last cool one.”

- Freddie Freeman

 

“It was like the perfect ending. Unbelievable.”

- Brian Snitker

 

“I don’t think I’ve ever seen him emotional that before.

But who wouldn’t be that emotional sending us to the NLCS?

That’s so cool. I’m so happy for him to come up in that

big moment for us when we needed him the most.

He’s been there for us all year. What’s he played, like,

160 games, something like that? For him to get that emotional,

it fired us all up, honestly.”

- Travis D’Arnaud

 

“It’s very special to get a hit off Hader.”

- Eddie Rosario

 

 

 

101421 quotes

Set your goals high,

And don't stop till

You get there.

- Bo Jackson

 

The important thing is this…

To be able at any moment to

Sacrifice what we are for what

We could become.

- Charles Du Bos

 

Success lies in simplicity.

Are you doing the simple things

Better than everyone else?

These three "sets" will help you

Relate to others…

Skill sets, mindsets, and resets.

- Kevin LeGrett

 

 

101221 quotes

Forgiveness

Is not something

We do for other people

We do it for ourselves…

To get well and

Move on.

 - Anonymous

Faith that does not call

For sacrifice will never

Experience victory.

- Anonymous

 

One can have knowledge

Without having wisdom,

But one cannot have wisdom

Without having knowledge.

- R.C. Sproul

 

 

100721 Steakhouse Soup Recipe...

Steakhouse Soup...

 

1-1/2 pounds beef stew meat, cut into ½ inch pieces

1-1/2 pounds red potatoes, cubed

1 12 oz. whole kernel corn

1 12 oz. sliced carrots

12 oz. beef broth

1 Cup of your favorite Steak Sauce

1 12 oz. coca-cola

1 cup water

1 medium yellow onion chopped

1 Tablespoon dried parsley flakes

1 Tablespoon chili powder

1 Teaspoon ground cumin

¼ Teaspoon cayenne pepper

 

Directions…

Combine all ingredients in a 5-6 qt crock-pot

Cook, covered, on low 6-8 hrs or until steak

And potatoes are tender.

 

 

092921 quotes

We rise by lifting others.

- Robert Ingersoll

 

Don’t hurry. Don’t worry,

Do your best, and leave the rest

- Anonymous

 

No act of kindness

Not matter how small

Is ever wasted.

- Aesop

 

 

 

092821 The Sifting...

Sifting through the rubble of my life
Just really trying to see.
The beginning of my origin
Why and who created me.

The reflections of my memories
Towering over what was left of me.
Yet how intimate my memories
Of the inspiration I use to be.

Sifting, I remembered joy and confidence
Sifting, I remembered success and pride.
But then I heard the groaning
Of the fright from deep inside.

I labored hard and patient
Alerting anxiously in distress and pain.
If I could only give back lives
Is what I wished to gain.

This was mot my expectancy
To become a burial ground.
I fought against my destiny
Though I felt my poise going down.

Lady Liberty dropped a tear
As Manhattan bowed her head.
The world watched as I collapsed
But consciously I am not dead.

I know it’s not my fault
That my beauty stood so tall.
But because of spiritual diversities
Enemies sought my dignity to fall.

I held up my statue wounded
Hoping others could escape.
For I knew then my destiny
I felt my deadly fate.

I am innocent I tell you
No compassion the enemy shown.
For this there will be more sufferings
They will reap what they have sown.

I sifted through my memory
To see if I'd done my best.
To show the spirit of a true American
Then I surrendered to my final rest.

- Cecilia Weir

(Dedication honoring the TWIN TOWERS

That was so violently destroyed

September 11, 2001)

Cecilia Weir received special recognition

From the Mayor of New York City

And The President of The United States

of America for  'The Sifting'

 

 

 

 

092721 quotes

"Opportunity knocks at

The strangest times;

It’s not the time that

Matters but how you

Answer the door."

- Steve Gray

 

“Some say opportunity

Knocks only once,

That is not true.

Opportunity knocks all

The time,

But you have to be ready

For it.

If the chance comes,

You must have the

Equipment to take

Advantage of it.”

- Louis L'Amour

 

“What is opportunity,

And when does it knock?

It never knocks.

You can wait a

Whole lifetime,

Listening, hoping,

And you will hear

No knocking.

None at all.

You are opportunity,

And you must knock

On the door leading

To your destiny.

You prepare yourself

To recognize opportunity,

To pursue and seize

Opportunity as you

Develop the strength

Of your personality,

And build a self-image

With which you are able

To live / with your

Self-respect alive and

Growing.”

- Maxwell Maltz

 

 

 

 

092521 quotes

“The formula for success is

Every guy can make a difference

For the entire team in whatever

His role is.

And to do it right, to get it right,

Is a critical factor in being successful.”

- Coach Nick Saban

 

“Do Your Job”

- Coach Nick Saban

 

"Thinking about anything

Other than what we have to

Do to prepare to play the

Next game,

To minimize our errors and

Maximize our performance

Is out of the question.”

- Coach Nick Saban

 

 

092421 "If I Can Dream"...

There are some songs that just move

You in a special way in your life.

Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless The U.S.A”

Allan Jackson’s “Where Were You When the World Stop Turning?’

Alabama’s “That’s how I was raised”

and last but not least Elvis Presley’s “If I Can Dream”

 

I want to share with you the back story on how Elvis Presley

Came to sing “If I Can Dream” as the finale on his comeback

Special aired in December 1968 on NBC.

 

I just learned in the last few days how Elvis came to sing this song

In tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.

Originally Elvis was scheduled to sing “I’ll be Home for Christmas”

A plan enthusiastically endorsed by Elvis’ manager Colonel Tom Parker.

 

However, in light of the assassinations of M.L.K. Jr. and Bobby Kennedy.

Elvis had a change of heart, he wanted to conclude with a song that

Reflected his deep sadness at the racial and political strife dividing

This country.

 

The director agreed…

“I wanted to let the world know that here was a guy, (Elvis Presley)

Who was not prejudiced, who was raised in the heart of prejudice,

But was really above all that.”

- Steve Binder “Comeback Special” Director

 

Binder and Elvis were able to outmaneuver Parker, and for once Elvis

Got to sing what he wanted to sing.

The Comeback Special closes… unforgettably…with “If I Can Dream,”

 

Edited by H.C.

 

‘If I Can Dream’

There must be lights burning brighter somewhere

Got to be birds flying higher in a sky more blue

If I can dream of a better land

Where all my brothers walk hand in hand

Tell me why, oh why, oh why can’t my dream come true

Oh why

There must be peace and understanding sometime

Strong winds of promise that will blow away the doubt and fear

If I can dream of a warmer sun

Where hope keeps shining on everyone

Tell me why, oh why, oh why won’t that sun appear

We’re lost in a cloud

With too much rain

We’re trapped in a world

That’s troubled with pain

But as long as a man

Has the strength to dream

He can redeem his soul and fly

Deep in my heart there’s a trembling question

Still I am sure that the answer gonna come somehow

Out there in the dark, there’s a beckoning candle

And while I can think, while I can talk

While I can stand, while I can walk

While I can dream, please let my dream

Come true, right now

Let it come true right now

Oh yeah…

 

Songwriter: Earl Brown

If I Can Dream lyrics © Raleigh Music Publishing

 

 Here is the link to Elvis performing "If I Can Dream"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-pP_dCenJA

 

***

 

Martin and Elvis’s dream would come true

If everyone in the world would practice the following

Passages of scripture from the Holy Bible

In their personal lives…

“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?”

Jesus said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God

With all your heart, with all your soul, and with all

Your mind.”

“This is the first and great commandment.

“And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your

Neighbor and yourself.’

“On these two commandments hang all the

Law and the Prophets.”

(Matthew 22:36-40)