Wade Boggs Quotes

A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results.

Wade Boggs



Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad, and that's why I call you dad, because you are so special to me. You taught me the game and you taught me how to play it right.

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Humbled by the fact that never in a million years would I ever thought that I would be on the same stage with all these great Hall of Famers and enshrined to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

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I didn't get over 1300 walks without knowing the strike zone.

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I have a message for the young kids. Life is about obstacles, endeavors in life are not to be overlooked.

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I played the game one way. I gave it everything I had. It doesn't take any ability to hustle.

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In life, so many things are taken for granted, but one thing I can honestly say is that I took every day, enjoyed the game of putting on that uniform and playing the great game of baseball.

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Looking back on those days and little leaguer, the Hall of Fame is not even a blinking star, but through baseball travels and moving up the ladder, that star begins to flicker.

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My God... What are the headlines going to be like on Monday if the Yankees don't make the playoffs?

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One guy that I wish was here right now, Ted Williams, helped me so much, our long talks, not about hitting but about fishing, one of Ted's passions, and I wish he was here today to share this with me because I owe so much to Ted Williams.

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Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but how we react to what happens, not by what life brings us but the attitude we bring to life.

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The owner of the New York Yankees, Mr. George Steinbrenner who I had the greatest respect for, I want to thank him for giving me the opportunity to win that special ring in 1996.

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Then there's Johnny Pesky, hit me countless number of ground balls and improved my fielding so much.

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This journey started about 42 years ago in a little town of Brunswick, Georgia.

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