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11,340 miles, or 5,250 French leagues, — Jules Verne

Every franchise of both leagues will remain in its present location. — Pete Rozelle

When I started to play consistently and produce consistently, that's when I knew that I could compete and do well in the big leagues. — Lance Berkman

Not only was I not the best catcher in the Major Leagues, I wasn't even the best catcher on my street! — Joe Garagiola

Well, I wanted to play twenty years in the major leagues. I never made it twenty though. I played nineteen. — Bert Campaneris

I was such a screwup when I got to the big leagues. I was a total idiot. — Curt Schilling

I didn't know if I could make it to the big leagues without going through Triple-A. — Matt Kemp

Leagues, till we were able to work no longer, being already spent with labour while we were in the ship. — Jonathan Swift

Here you would know, and enjoy, what prosperity will way of Washington. For a thousand leagues have nearly the same effect with a thousand years. — Benjamin Franklin

Not many people get to the major leagues and succeed right away. There are some struggles. Everyone seems to struggle. — George Brett

I predict that many teams will go out of business and the size of the leagues will be greatly reduced. — Will McDonough

If you're in the minor leagues, you want to get to the majors. — Ryne Sandberg

If I could do it over, I'd want to come up to the big leagues like Mike Trout. He's exciting and I like watching him. — Matt Kemp

I'm just enjoying playing baseball in the major leagues. — Matt Holliday

I'm a great bowler. I was in a couple of leagues as a kid. — Matthew Morrison

Since I got to the big leagues, there's been a whole lot of Direct-TV sold in Jamestown. People like to keep up with the local boy. — Darin Erstad

The minor leagues were great. When you first sign, that is your big leagues. — Brian Roberts

the shoulder I built up in Japan. Since I came to the major leagues, I couldn't train my own way, so now I've lost all those savings." Farrell — Terry Francona

I'd like to help educate kids about the Major Leagues - what to anticipate, what to expect, what they'll need to do to prepare themselves. — Barry Bonds

I crossed a thousand leagues to come to you, and lost the best part of me along the way. Don't tell me to leave. — George R R Martin

Dear Mr. Kuhn, After twelve years in the major leagues, I do not feel that I am a piece of property to be bought and sold irrespective of my wishes — Curt Flood

Everybody in the minor leagues - if you're a player, an announcer, whatever - wants to be in the big leagues. — Ernie Harwell

I think I can play in the big leagues 10 or 15 years. But more important to me is winning-win, make the playoffs. — Carlos Beltran

Just about every Latin American country has sent players to the big leagues, from the Dominican Republic to Costa Rica. — Cheech Marin

I took a huge risk leaving baseball, because I was predicted to play in the big leagues. I'm kind of a prototypical second baseman. — Russell Wilson

We used to play a lot outdoors, not in leagues, but just in our spare time. — Steve Yzerman

Strange is this alien despotism of Sleep which takes two persons lying in each other's arms & separates them leagues, continents,asunder. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

A journey of a thousand leagues begins beneath one's feet. — Laozi

Sailing to an island unknown
Failing to find your way home
you walk under a sea
leagues beneath us — Maggie Stiefvater

My biggest problem in the big leagues is that I can't figure out how to spend forty-three dollars in meal money. — Andy Van Slyke

Everybody's dream is to be in the big leagues, but only one in a million gets here. — Jeremy Bonderman

The journey of a thousand leagues starts with a single step" - Confucius — Alan Morgan

I'm not in the big leagues just because I'm cute. — Pedro Martinez

I always wanted to be a player, but I never had the talent to make the big leagues. So I did the next best thing: I bought a team. — Charlie Finley

I'd rather play in the major leagues and have some bad games than play consistently good ball in the minors. — Simon Sinek

I had 12 years under my belt of baseball at the amateur level before I got to the big leagues. — Tom Seaver

Struck in the wet mire
Four thousand leagues from the ninth buried city
I thought of Troy, what we had built her for. — Allen Tate

I started to crouch because that way I could guard the plate better, and I always wanted to hit .300 in the big leagues. — Stan Musial

A ball player has to be kept hungry to become a big leaguer. That's why no boy from a rich family has ever made the big leagues. — Joe DiMaggio

One day, one of my dreams is to someday get to do Nemo in '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.' — Nicolas Cage

I was glad to play in the Negro Leagues. I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. — Leon Day

When you're a first-round pick and you get to the big leagues at 22, there's almost a sense that you've got to mature. — Evan Longoria

I expected to be in the big leagues soon. I didn't know exactly how soon, but I wanted to be here soon, and I wanted to make a difference soon. — Mark Teixeira

You wanna play hardball, sweetheart? Welcome to the big leagues. — K. Bromberg

It's up to the national associations and their leagues to limit the entry of foreign players. — Sepp Blatter

I helped develop Disney's) special effects department at that time, which helped very much when we worked on "20000 Leagues under the Sea" — John Hench

I'm the best. That's why I'm so relaxed out there. You've got to have some arrogant bones in your body, especially to be a pitcher in the big leagues. — Josh Beckett

I never really worried about stats in the minor leagues. I was more concerned with getting better and bringing a positive attitude every day. — Matt Holliday

I don't expect any red carpet to the big leagues. If the opportunity comes, then it comes. But I don't think I'm owed anything. — Ryne Sandberg

We see government's mission as fostering and enabling the important realms - our businesses, service clubs, Little Leagues, churches - to flourish. — Mitch Daniels

Sooner or later you learn that you belong in the big leagues, and that makes you calm down. — Dennis Eckersley

I was a great base umpire, but I was the most mediocre plate umpire to ever come into the major leagues. — Doug Harvey

You have to hit the fastball to play in the big leagues. — Ted Williams

It's one of the best leagues in Europe in football. Benfica in my opinion is one of the top 10 biggest clubs in the world. — Freddy Adu

At my growing years of 18 to 21 years old in the Minor Leagues, I dreamed of being a Philadelphia Phillie. — Ryne Sandberg

I guess what really made me a Dodgers fan from the beginning was that the team had Jackie Robinson, the first 'Negro' in the major leagues. — Cheech Marin

The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures. — Joseph Addison

Whether you're playing in the minor leagues or major-league divisions, wherever you are, it's always nice to be recognized as an All-Star. — Gaby Sanchez

I just wanted to go play in the big leagues. But possibly playing for the Yankees is very special. — Nick Johnson

I was not bitter by not being allowed to play in the major leagues. I just said, 'The time has not come.' — Buck Leonard

I still don't know how I got to the big leagues because I wasn't that good. — Johnny Oates

Maybe in the minor leagues. With my velocity, they would pick it up and say, 'Hey, you dropped something.' — Jay Feaster

Anyone with talent can play in the Major Leagues; for someone like me to stay around as long as I did, I think that's a much greater acheivement. — Bob Uecker

Baseball in the Navy always was much more fun than it had been in the major leagues. — Bob Feller

To me, there is no more conscientious umpire in the Major Leagues than Jim Joyce. He gives you a hellacious effort every time. — Tony La Russa

I wasn't quite sure how a player got to the big leagues. As far as I knew, he was just there one day. — Tommy Lasorda

In the big leagues everyone has ability. It always comes down to mind games. Who ever is more mentally strong-wins. — Muhammad Ali

Letting him manage in the major leagues is like sending Bo Derek through cellblock A without a bodyguard. — Bill James

The world is large when its weary leagues two loving hearts divide; But the world is small when your enemy is loose on the other side. — John Boyle O'Reilly

It's not legal to gamble but it is legal to do fantasy leagues. To me it's an outlet where people can go on, play, and make some money. — Slaine

The child is small, and he includes the man; the brain is narrow, and it harbours thought; the eye is but a point, and it covers leagues — Alexandre Dumas-fils

And you learn [how to win] starting in the minor leagues, by winning day in and day out. — Eric Byrnes

Well, it looks like the all-star balloting is about over, especially in the National and American Leagues. — Jerry Coleman

I've been chased, shot, cut, beaten, and dragged a hundred leagues in the blink of an eye. I need a drink. — Jessica Khoury

I was very nervous, excited, and happy to be given the opportunity to even be in the major leagues. — Bengie Molina

I don't know how the 'Richie' started. My name is Richard, and they called me Dick in the minor leagues. — Richie Allen

There was nothing to keep him (Cal Ripken, Jr.) from being a star in the Major Leagues. That was inevitable. — Earl Weaver

In the Negro Leagues, I played every day. — Buck Leonard

I would love to get back to the big leagues as a coach, possibly a manager. I would love that opportunity. — Gary Carter

There's apparently soccer leagues that they've set up with young Indian girls. — Parminder Nagra

Just as I'm fortunate to pitch in the big leagues, I'm also fortunate for the time I get to spend outdoors. — Jon Lester

Winston Cup and the Busch Series are two totally different leagues. You get put in different situations. — Adam Petty

After I got that hit off Satchel (Paige), I knew I was ready for the big leagues. — Joe DiMaggio

Being called baby: like safaris and bowling leagues, a phenomenon she never thought she'd experience first hand. — Curtis Sittenfeld

I couldn't believe I hit .342. I hit .333 one month in Triple-A. Otherwise, I hit .279 in the minor leagues. I'm proud of myself. — Robinson Cano

As a 20th round pick nothing was handed to me in the minor leagues. — Mike Lowell

I really have never been nervous in the big leagues. — Cliff Lee

There's a lot more to playing in the big leagues in New York than just the baseball part. — David Wright

When you're a kid growing up, you say you want to make it to the Major Leagues, and when you reach that dream, that's what it's all about. — Joe Morgan

Infielder Craig Counsell played parts of sixteen years in the major leagues despite looking like a librarian, — Tim Kurkjian

Well, my hand never fell off, and within no time, I was bowling competitively in leagues and tournaments. — Joe Tex

I perform in the major leagues of what I do. It's incredible. — Darrell Hammond

There's a lot of disrespect in the major leagues. I believe that the disrespect in the major leagues is at a high rate and is really bad for the gam — Bengie Molina

I cannot consent to be led three or four hundred leagues out of my route, without its being by force of arms. — Zebulon Pike

I've put in 63 years now in the big leagues as a player, coach, manager. And now just being around these young guys, it keeps you going pretty good. — Red Schoendienst

I had trouble with my temper all the way through the minor leagues. — Cal Ripken Jr.

The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small. — Adlai E. Stevenson