When I look back at the tapes, your first everything, your first All-Star Game, your first playoff experience, it just seems like it went by really fast.
Meaning of the quote
Time goes by quickly when you're doing exciting things. Roger Clemens, a famous American athlete, says that when he looks back at old videos of his career, it seems like all the big moments - his first time in the All-Star Game, his first time in the playoffs, and other big firsts - happened very fast. Even though it felt like a long time when he was actually experiencing those things, looking back, it all went by in a blur.
About Roger Clemens
Roger Clemens, nicknamed ‘Rocket’, was a dominant American professional baseball pitcher who played for 24 seasons in Major League Baseball. He was an 11-time All-Star, a 7-time Cy Young Award winner, and a 2-time World Series champion, known for his fierce competitive nature and hard-throwing pitching style. Despite his impressive career, Clemens was also embroiled in controversies related to alleged steroid use, which ultimately hurt his chances of being elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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I’d be cheating everyone here, the staff and rest of my teammates, if I wasn’t able to stay on top of my work. It was almost like therapy, to come back and get in an environment I’m comfortable with.
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Every time I toe the rubber, it’s no different for me than it was in the World Series.
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Even though I play a professional sport now, I love college baseball.
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I wish there was a bar I could send opposing teams to and get them hammered or something – I could tell my buddies in New York to leave their places open or something. Playing for the Yankees, guys come at you extremely hard. I have to be ready or I’ll be embarrassed.
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My main concern is when it’s 2-0, I’ve got to keep it at 2-0. It gives us a little more of a chance. To give up four more runs, that isn’t going to get it done. I don’t care who you’re facing or who you’re playing, it’s not going to get it done.
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I don’t bat an eye at stuff like that. I’ve had my share of wins. If I worried about the games I should have won, it would probably drive me crazy. It was a fun game to pitch in.
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I love to work with the younger kids who are trying to live out their dreams, if in fact that’s what they plan on doing after college to take the next step. A very select few have that opportunity so when you do have the opportunity you know, those guys take advantage of it.
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My only day off is the day I pitch.
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The student body was huge at UT and you had to mature pretty quick, very quick actually. I enjoyed it and it helped me a lot in my life in general – not only in the classroom but on the baseball field as well.
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The tradition you have at the University of Texas is like no other. It helped me in the future where I got to play in 2 cities that were rich in tradition.
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