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I think I should be allowed to be only fair, or even mediocre, for a while.

~ Jim Bouton

Jim Bouton Adaptations Change Discipleship Leadership Maturation

The author says his young son, adopted from South Korea, occasionally burps and says thank you but otherwise is doing all right.

~ Jim Bouton

Jim Bouton Acculturation Conventional Wisdom Custom Habit Parenting

The pitching coach was bugged by the author's technique because he had never seen anyone do it before, and besides, it wasn't the coach's idea.

~ Jim Bouton

Jim Bouton Humility Innovation Openness

The author emphasizes the importance of self-forgetfulness when his statistics were marred by a bad outing. He forgot all of that outing to such an extent that he quipped, What was my name?

~ Jim Bouton

Jim Bouton Discipleship Humility Perspective Repentance

Front offices are more interested in players that are far than players that are near.

~ Jim Bouton

Jim Bouton Novelty Optimism

The older they get, the better they get when they were younger

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Jim Bouton Maturation Nostalgia Perspective

High school games would just as big a deal to me as any major league game.

~ Jim Bouton

Jim Bouton Maturation Perspective

You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time.

~ Jim Bouton

Jim Bouton Life Time Good

Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?

~ Jim Bouton

Jim Bouton Team Football Baseball
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