Jim Palmer Quotations

We started this thing (the Josh Palmer Fund) to help people who were hurting and were in need of a helping hand. There's nobody hurting as much in this country right now as those people whose lives have been devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Although our primary mission is to help young people afflicted by cancer and ultimately to find a cure for cancer, these people need help right now and we're going to do our best to help the American Red Cross help them.

I don't believe this is an isolated incident. You know what? Sidney is going to have to take a hard look again at himself. Who knows what this does to his work visa? Who knows what it does to next year? Nobody wants to see this happen, but sometimes those are the wake-up calls.

He wasn't going to lie to you. He took great pride in what he did, and understood how to play the game.

He was such an important part of my career, and a large part of our success in the 1960s.

We're trying to get the costs under control. The rise in construction costs is making that difficult.

We were prepared for that. I had him throw a curve ball to try to get him to pop it up, but he did a nice job of getting it down.

Elrod came out to the mound and said, 'Boy, did we get ourselves in a mess.' He acted like it was his fault, too.

The most important thing about my pitching is that I'm satisfied, that I know I'm being the best pitcher I can be.

Your memorabilia becomes more significant. It does put you in a different category.

It's a horrible story because it endangers his life, other people's lives. It's got to end. It's got to stop. But there's only one person that can do that, and that's him. We can all care about him, we can all talk to him, but at the end of the day, bottom line, he's the guy that's responsible for that.

It's got to stop. But there's only one person that can do that, and that's him. Maybe this will be the wake-up call and maybe he won't sleep through this one.

That's pretty encouraging to see our No. 3 guy go out and battle like he did.

They were all heavy smokers. Looking back, I would have loved to be able to maintain friendships with those guys.

I'm not suggesting he's an alcoholic because I have no way of knowing that,

In season, to get from North Fort Myers to Fort Myers Beach can easily take two hours and you are stuck in traffic most of the time, ... It's a nightmare. Plus, don't forget you have to pay for parking and the bridge toll if you go to Sanibel. On the boat you can see dolphins, manatees and other wildlife you may never see in a car.

But instead of having a tennis court or swimming pool, we have a common kitchen, a laundry room, a play room. It's just a matter of what the condo values. And we have an organic garden instead of a golf course.

He's the best I've ever seen. I always said you need four things to be a great pitcher -- location, movement, velocity, and deception. He's got all those. Now, you add the intelligence he brings to the mound and we're not talking about a mere mortal here.

By some estimates, we think we're a few years overdue for at least a 6.5 magnitude earthquake.

You can't win if nobody catches the ball in the outfield. You're only as good as the team you have behind you.

The conference is meant to be intellectually stimulating, but we also try to keep it fun, and I think that's the biggest draw.

The only thing Earl (Weaver) knows about big-league pitching is that he couldn't hit it.

I hate the cursed Oriole fundamentals... I've been doing them since 1964. I do them in my sleep. I hate spring training.

FEAR IS A REACTION YOU HAVE WHEN YOU’RE GETTING CLOSER TO THE TRUTH

Two weeks, maybe three. You never know with psychosomatic injuries You have to take your time with them.

There's only one cure for what's wrong with all of us pitchers, and that's to take a year off. Then, after you've gone a year without throwing, quit altogether.

I put away that stuffed God I had all stitched up with my human understandings and fears. God is less formulaic and quantifiable as he once used to be, but experiencing the reality of his love is infinitely better than dragging that other one around.

There is a peace deep within myself from knowing that all things are held within and sustained by the love of God.

If you can't run, and the plays in front of you, you just can't get gay.

Maybe being Jesus is simply seeing people as they truly are.

Losing is no disgrace if you've given your best.

There are really only two options - you can feel things, or you can shut down. But, once you decide to feel things, you don't get to pick and choose what you feel.

Imagine what else is true if you understood there is nothing fundamentally wrong with you.

I found that most people don't really want to know the truth. There are plenty of people who want to know the truth on their terms or require that the truth be contained within certain boundaries of comfort. But truth can never be known this way. You have to seek truth from a place of not knowing, and that can be a very threatening place because we think we already know the truth or we are afraid of what the truth might be.

Most pitchers are too smart to manage.

One of the most freeing discoveries these past few years in my relationship with God is discovering that God is not a belief system or a fixed set of theological propositions.

Your time as the entrepreneur is worth hundreds of dollars an hour. If you are doing tasks you could hire out, those are stopping you from earning that kind of money.

You have to be honest, have integrity, be able to cooperate and get along with other people. Sigma Chi is a great place to learn that and that's why it's a great thing to join this fraternity.

Being Jesus means that we go through life embracing it all fully and feeling it all deeply. That we don’t hide and try to protect ourselves. That we live. That we show up. That we laugh. That we cry. That we hurt. That we heal. That we care. That we love. And then, that we wake up the next morning and sign up for it all over again.

You can't win if nobody catches the ball in the outfield. You are only as good as the team you have behind you.

I once dreamed of launching revolutions, sparking movements, mobilizing the masses, and changing everything. Now I’ve learned the beauty and profound significance of simply loving my neighbor.

Religion made half of us afraid to die, and the other half afraid to live.