
Robert Uecker
Born | January 26, 1935 Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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The repository contains four quotes from Bob Uecker.
I signed with the Milwaukee Braves for three thousand dollars. That bothered my dad at the time because he didn’t have that kind of dough. But he eventually scraped it up.
I set some records that will never be equalled. In fact, I hope half of them don’t even get printed.
If I played today I’d be a million-dollar player. Is that scary or what?
During his Hall of Fame induction speech, which followed sportswriter Hal McCoy's emotional speech about how family, friends and Cincinnati players refused to let him quit despite losing most of his eyesight:
In deference to Hal McCoy, I was asked to quit many times.