My dad was a carpenter and I would work with him during the summer and umpire on the nights I wasnt playing. – Jim Evans
Looking back on those games, I probably hustled out of position as much as I hustled into position since I really never had any real training. I was working on instincts alone. – Jim Evans
Managers have very tough jobs. I always respected their job but demanded respect in return. – Jim Evans
My main objective is to prepare candidates for professional baseball however, the majority of our graduates will go home as much better qualified amateurs. – Jim Evans
My dad was the district attorney of New Orleans for about 30 years. And when he opened his campaign headquarters back in the early 70s, when I was 5 years old, my mother wanted me to play the national anthem. And they got an upright piano on the back of a flatbed truck and I played it. – Harry Connick, Jr.
My mother and dad were big animal lovers, too. I just dont know how I would have lived without animals around me. Im fascinated by them – both domestic pets and the wild community. They just are the most interesting things in the world to me, and its made such a difference in my lifetime. – Betty White