Words of Note

August 31, 2000

I made up my mind a long time ago

not to get too excited, no matter

which way the crowd goes. I get

paid for playing left field and for

hitting that baseball. I am not a

participant in a popularity contest.

Ted Williams, former Red Sox player

Quoted in The Saturday Evening Post

(April 10, 1954).

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