(13 quotes found)
“It was the schooner Hesperus, / That sailed the wintry sea; / And the skipper had taken his little daughter, / To bear him company.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“Like an ox-cart driver in monsoon season or the skipper of a grounded ship, one must sometimes go forward by going back.”
John Barth
“I knew when the skipper looked at me and said, 'Put your things on,' he wasn't kidding. So I went out to the bullpen.”
Roger Clemens
“We have a different agenda this year, and it's not harping on negatives. That starts with the skipper.”
Brandon Inge
“After three days, it got nice and calm -- until the skipper announced we had been in a hurricane, were in the eye at present and would have another two days coming out the other side.”
John Witt
“John came in as skipper in Rio and has had a careful look at all aspects of our campaign. The team has gained much from his input and will benefit from his continued involvement. I will be happy to take over as skipper again after the in-port race. We are very fortunate to attract such talented new sailors to the team and I very much look forward to working with them. We will work hard to keep on improving, and hope that our results will reflect the team's true potential. We will certainly keep on giving it all our energy.”
Neal McDonald
“[Hurdle] told me the tryout was over, and as long as he is the skipper, I'll be hitting cleanup, just keep doing what I was doing,”
Matt Holliday
“The skipper is reported to be greatly distressed. He called the coast guard immediately after it happened. A lot of people here are pretty shocked and saddened.”
Lara Sloan
“. . . an angry skipper makes an unhappy crew . . .”
Rudyard Kipling
“[If that were to happen, the crew quite possibly would have lost both its skipper and its rig to the world's harshest seas. Why take on such a risk?] Because I was young, I was fit, but most importantly, I was a member of the team, ... And sending me up there was the best use of the team's resources. So I did it.”
Simon Walker
