A lot of rookies hit the wall after 50 or 60 games. — Andrew Bogut
I've always liked to shoot from the hip. This is the perfect fit for me ... I'm willing to earn my spurs, because once again, after 18 years I'm back to being a rookie. — Reggie Miller
And my rookie contract, my first rookie contract was for $5,000. — Don Shula
Bad performances can happen and are not that serious - even with new players. You can't, say, sell him, get a new one. — Jurgen Klopp
Even the most accomplished of experts start out as unserious beginners. — Angela Duckworth
Young players calculate everything, a requirement of their relative inexperience. — Samuel Reshevsky
Coming in, I wanted to be a great player, and right now at the beginning of my career, I’m showing some slight sunshine that I can be the player I want. — Kawhi Leonard
When a beginner wins he feels brilliant and invincible Then he takes wild risk and loses everything. — Alexander Elder
Everybody has to start somewhere. You have your whole future ahead of you. Perfection doesn't happen right away. — Haruki Murakami
Remember, every pro was first an amateur. Start your dream now! — Marie Forleo
No matter whether you are new or an old team member, you need time to adjust to one another. — Yao Ming
In the NFL you get one first-round draft pick if you're lucky. You couldn't really outwork anybody else. In college I could recruit ten players with first-round talent every year. — Nick Saban
Short Rookie Quotes
I know how difficult my rookie year in the NFL was and I know how competitive this sport is. — Troy Aikman
I remember my rookie hazing. It wasnt fun. — Gio Gonzalez
I'm not a rookie anymore-no more excuses about being young. — Adrian Beltre
I used to lead off when I was a rookie. I've always been able to bunt. — Chili Davis
I actually became a Christian in my rookie year on tour when I was 16 years old. — Michael Chang
Winning the Rookie of the Year would be nice but making the playoffs would be even nicer for me. — Andrew Bogut
I think because I am a proven rookie that it is going to help me in the long run. — Andrew Bogut
It's not like I'm a rookie pilot. In fact, I invented airplanes. And air. — David Blatt
You won't ever see me being totally sexy on 'Rookie Blue.' It's not right for the character, anyway. — Missy Peregrym
Im completely gobsmacked by the Rookie Blue fans. — Charlotte Sullivan
The Rookie Quotes
Some of the money going to the rookies can now be spent on people who have proved their worth. After all, the average playing life of a pro football player is about eight years and it is only fitting that the veterans get something for their efforts. — Bob Lilly
I didn't always know, but I always wanted to. I always wanted to be the very best receiver the Cowboys ever had. That was my goal coming in as a rookie and my goal throughout my career: being the best they ever had, going up in the Ring of Honor. — Michael Irvin
The Wright brothers' first flight was not reported in a single newspaper because every rookie reporter knew what could and couldn't be done. — Edward R. Murrow
I get recognized for 'Reaper' in the U.K. I was in Costa Rica and got recognized for 'Heroes.' In Canada, it's 'Rookie Blue.' People also think that I'm in the 'Twilight' series because of Kristen Stewart. — Missy Peregrym
Complainin' to my lawyer how this rookie tried to frisk me...
Jealous of my jeep, I gave his badge to the chief,
And got his ass directin' traffic in the heat for a week. — RZA
I wasn't put on the cover of Sports Illustrated as a plus-size model, I was put on the cover of Sports Illustrated as a model, as a rookie, as Ashley Graham. This is exactly where we're headed, and yes, there are so many more things we need to do in the curve/plus-size industry. — Ashley Graham
I've never felt overmatched on the baseball field. I've always been a very strong, dominant position. And I felt that if I did my work as I've done since I was, you know, a rookie back in Seattle, I didn't have a problem competing at any level. So, no. — Alex Rodriguez
My attitude going into training camp as a rookie was to impress. I wanted to impress my teammates, my coaches, the owners, everybody. I wanted them to say, ?This kid is special. This kid has the right mind, the right skills, the right motivation?. — Michael Jordan
Dr. Cox mentors the rookie doctors with a spoonful of dirt and then a cup of sugar. I see him as an archetypal descendent of two of my favorite curmudgeonly characters: Lou Grant and Louie De Palma. — John C. McGinley
It's kind of a tradition that you get a rookie, put him in the middle, wrap your arms and legs around him, then douse him with everything you can get a hold of - shaving cream, ketchup, mustard, everything. It's kind of like a pie in the face after a guy is successful. — Gary Carter
And when it comes to gettin nookie, I'm not a rookie...
I got girls that make that chick Toni Braxton look like Whoopi. — Big L
Rookies are also coming in from college programs as big stars, whereas when we came in, we were just happy to be there. We were happy to be playing in a big gym, to be on television, to be playing in America. — Sue Wicks
He settled his hat back into position. She was a rookie in her first big game, and he’d never let her see how close she’d come to unseating a champion — Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Veterans get priority in the training room and better parking, but there is not a whole lot of difference in terms of how they're treated in the competition for playing time. To me it doesn't matter if a guy is a 10-year veteran or a rookie. If the rookie is better, he finds his way onto the field. — Brendan Daly
The start of my rookie season when there was so much pressure, so many expectations, and so much excitement surrounding the return of the No. 3 to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and then we went out and won the pole for the Daytona 500. That was a very special moment. — Austin Dillon
So many of my rookie mistakes could have been avoided by first-hand exposure to other, more experienced technology entrepreneurs. — Kathryn Minshew
When I first signed with the Yankees, the regulars wouldn't talk to you until you were with the team three or four years. Nowadays the rookies get $100,000 to sign and they don't talk to the regulars. — Lefty Gomez
I remember I was a scared rookie, hitting .220 after the first three months of my baseball season, and doubting my ability. — Carl Yastrzemski
I was a guy back in the Eighties who was one movie away from a huge career, which at that time didn't happen. In the Nineties, I worked a lot, but it was kind of, 'Get out there and dig and find things.' Then I guess 'The Rookie' and 'Far From Heaven' were referred to as my comeback. — Dennis Quaid
Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day, And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond Which keeps me pale. Light thickens, and the crow Makes wing to th' rooky wood. Good things of day begin to droop and drowse, While night's black agents to their prey do rouse. — William Shakespeare
MC's they retreat cause they know I can beat 'em,
And eat 'em in a battle and the ref won't cheat 'em.
I'm the best takin' out all rookies,
So forget Oreos...eat Cool J cookies. — LL Cool J
We have a lot of rookies in the lineup. More than anybody, I would say. Its going to be something new for them.They have to understand that it's totally different hockey in the playoffs. Starting with the fans, the intensity of the game, every mistake counts. — Jaromir Jagr
I tell all the rookies that come into our series and all the young drivers they can come ask me anything at any time, and we'll give them the straight shoot. — Al Unser
I turned pro and won Rookie of the Year on the South African Tour and then it took me two tries at the qualifying school on the European Tour and to get my card and the rest is history. — Retief Goosen
I don't look at a man who's expert in one area as a specialist. I look at him as a rookie in ten other areas. — Conor McGregor
I've always felt like the most improvement you can make is from year 1 to year 2, much like a college freshman who the most improvement he can make in an entire one year of college football is going from year 1 freshman year to his sophomore year. Like a pro football player going from his rookie season to his second season. There's a window there that will never come again that you have a chance to making your biggest strides. — Jim Harbaugh
I got the nickname in the preseason of my rookie season. I was playing for the Suns at the (Great Western) Forum. I got a block or a steal or a dunk and (TNT broadcaster) Kenny Smith went crazy. He called me 'The Matrix.' Who wouldn't like it? Players go through their whole career without having a nickname. — Shawn Marion
I try to stay as young as these rookies are.It feels a bit strange not to be anymore the youngster I used to be. But I'm okay with it. Mostly, I enjoy being on the pitch with so many talented players around me. — Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
In this film [The Last King of Scotland] I am the rooky in the cast. Everyone has miles of experience than me and Della is in the same situation, so life imitated art in many ways. I don't think I could be a journalist. I wouldn't make a very good journalist, especially in Washington and working in politics, which I think would be really tough. — Rachel McAdams
There were a couple of times, leading up to shooting [Ordinary World], where I was like, "Oh, my god, what did I get myself into? Hopefully, I don't ruin this guy's precious script." And then, after a couple of days of shooting, I started getting in the groove of it and it was really fun. I love being a rookie at stuff. It makes it feel vital. I love doing things I've never done before, and I love making stuff. — Billie Joe Armstrong
You have to get lucky. Whether that's a good captain's pick, or two rookies combining for five points, if you get that, those are points you really aren't expecting. — Nick Faldo
Being picked for the Pro Bowl is a feeling I can't describe. I never thought I'd be out here as a rookie, so it's great. — Eddie Lacy
You don't come up expecting to be a fan favorite. When I was a rookie, I was just trying to make a name for myself, but people already knew who I was and already had expectations for me. — Tim Lincecum
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