Some of My Favorite Quotes

These are all in no particular order.

“There are two rules for success: 1. Never tell everything you know.”

Roger H. Lincoln

George Mallory on why he climbed Mt. Everest: “Because it was there.”

“A goal without a plan is a wish.”

Herm Edwards

“Knowing God without knowing our own wretchedness makes for pride. Knowing our own wretchedness without knowing God makes for despair. Knowing Jesus Christ strikes the balance because he shows us both God and our own wretchedness.”

Blaise Pascal

Linus: You win some, you lose some. Charlie Brown: That would be nice

“It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.”

Mark Twain

“In the midst of difficulty lies opportunity.”

Albert Einstein

“Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That’s Relativity.”

Albert Einstein

“You don’t have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body.”

CS Lewis

“Great things are not accomplished by those that yield to trends, fads and popular opinion.”

Jack Kerouac

“Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.”

“God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn’t do.”

“The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”

 Chinese Proverb

“Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else”

Judy Garland

“Try not to become a man of success but a man of value.”

Albert Einstein

“Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.”

Bill Cosby

“When you have a great and difficult task, something perhaps almost impossible, if you only work a little at a time, every day a little, suddenly the work will finish itself.”

Isak Dinesen

“I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.”

Helen Keller

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who’ll decide where to go.”

Dr. Seuss:

“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.”

Theodore Roosevelt 

MLB Postseason Predictions + Awards

American League:

Wild Card Series:

Baltimore vs. Texas – Texas

Divisional Series:

Texas vs. New York – Texas

Detroit vs. Oakland – Detroit

Championship Series:

Texas vs. Detroit – Detroit

National League:

Wild Card Series:

St. Louis vs. Atlanta – Atlanta

Divisional Series:

Atlanta vs. Washington – Washington

San Francisco vs. Cincinnati – Cincinnati

Championship Series:

Cincinnati vs. Washington – Cincinnati

World Series:

Detroit vs. Cincinnati – Detroit

I predicted Detroit vs. Cincinnati before the season started, so I’m standing by that for now. Detroit is not nearly as good as I thought they would be and Joey Votto hasn’t been healthy most of the year, so this is a stretch, but what the heck. If I’m right I’ll look like a genius. 

Awards Predictions:

AL MVP: Miguel Cabrera (He won the triple-crown… Automatically he should be the MVP)

AL Cy Young: David Price

AL Rookie of the Year: Mike Trout (I’d bet everything I own on this one)

AL Comeback Player of the Year: Alex Rios

AL Manager of the Year: Buck Showalter

NL MVP: Ryan Braun

NL Cy Young: Gio Gonzalez

NL Rookie of the Year: Bryce Harper

NL Comeback Player of the Year: Buster Posey (could easily be RA Dickey too)

NL Manager of the Year: Davey Johnson