Keith Hernandez Quotes

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Keith Hernandez

Profession : Athlete

Birth : October 20, 1953

In New York, I have a photo of my parents on their wedding day in 1947. They're beaming at home plate in Houston's Buffalo Stadium. I love the photo because my dad is smiling. He didn't smile much in his later years.

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My father was a San Francisco firefighter. He also was an amateur artist. Art ran deep on his side of the family, which originated in Spain. He painted our portraits. My mom, Jacqueline, was Scots-Irish. They met in 1947 when dad played for the Houston Buffalos, a minor league baseball team affiliated with the St. Louis Cardinals.

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They can't have Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling lose a game.

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I didn't cost the Series. I cost a game in the regular season.

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I've been to Gettysburg probably more than half a dozen times.

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I am a human being. I have anxiety. I have doubts. And I'm not afraid to put it out there.

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I won't say that women belong in the kitchen, but they don't belong in the dugout.

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The Yankees have better starting pitchers than Arizona. Arizona just has two... the Yanks have four.

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Acting is really not what I'm interested in. I'm not an aspiring actor and you should be able to tell.

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You can always improve your bench and relief pitching.

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Everyone has someone they looked up to. Mine was Mickey Mantle. For Alex Rodriguez to idolize me coming up, that makes me feel very good.

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You never know what's going to happen the rest of the way. You can't predict. You don't know what Montreal is going to do to us this weekend, and you don't know what the Cubs are going to do to the Cardinals.

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A pitcher's arm goes, and they're done.

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I always got good grades in creative writing from elementary school on up.

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I'm pretty sure when I need a comma; I'm not so sure about a semicolon.

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I love to read, and I've always loved to write.

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The best class I ever took in high school was typing.

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I like to write, and I try to be positive and optimistic.

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My high school coach was a bit of a jerk.

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Three hours for an average game is not good for baseball.

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