David Lamb > Quotes

“One survival technique is a lack of wastefulness; the African puts everything to use.”
― David Lamb, The Africans

“My friends, I implore you to destroy the seeds of greed inside you. Greed will not help you grow wise and rich. Greed”
― David Lamb, MOTIVATION QUOTES: The Wisest Man in Babylon

“But if his speed was a gift of God, his control was the curse of Satan, for Steve Dalkowsky was wilder than a northeast gale. His fastball would explode in the stands - a hundred feet off target - and knock batters out of the on-deck circle. Batboys cowered in the dugout. He gave up more bases on balls in a single season than anyone in the history of the California League, and once in Stockton threw six wild pitches in a row. In Aberdeen one night he struck out seventeen and walked sixteen.
"Hey, Dalkowsky, you pitchin' tonight?" a fan yelled after three warm-up pitches missed the screen behind home plate and splintered box seats. Dalkowsky mumbled yes and the fan shouted back, "Then I'm getting the hell out of here, and I'm taking my kids with me.”
― David Lamb, Stolen Season: A Journey Through America and Baseball's Minor Leagues

“Number Eight: If you have a talent, nurture it. For it is true that if you don't use it you will lose it.   “Number Nine: Let go of the need to blame. When something goes wrong, take responsibility.”
― David Lamb, MOTIVATION QUOTES: The Wisest Man in Babylon

“Remember ‘karma’. As you sow, you shall reap. If you are not greedy and make sure that the next”
― David Lamb, MOTIVATION QUOTES: The Wisest Man in Babylon

“Take away the family as a cohesive unit, and the spread of drugs, crime, teenage pregnancy and truancy seemed easier to explain.”
― David Lamb, Stolen Season: A Journey Through America and Baseball's Minor Leagues