(4 quotes found)
“Sliding headfirst is the safest way to get to the next base, I think, and the fastest. You don't lose your momentum, and there's one more important reason I slide headfirst, it gets my picture in the paper.”
Pete Rose
“We came back expecting to go headfirst into working with the city and the state to fix the levees, the transportation system and the power grid. There has not been an opportunity like this in our generation to rebuild an American city on this magnitude.”
David O'Reilly
“When I walked into the locker room, everybody said I had to stop sliding headfirst. Before I even got in there, they were telling me, 'Would you please stop?' Even American League guys were saying that. Vernon Wells said, 'Please stop sliding headfirst.' They all love the enthusiasm and intensity I show.”
Dontrelle Willis
“I fell headfirst and hit my head, I guess. Everything was going every which way.”
Corey Brewer