Pee Wee Reese was a famous Athlete from USA, who lived between July 23, 1918 and August 14, 1999. He/she became 81 years old.
Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac leo, who is known for Ruling, Warmth, Generosity, Faithful, Initiative.
Our collection contains 7 quotes who is written / told by Pee.
"Why did they do it? Beats the hell out of me. I was just a scared kid from Kentucky, and these guys had been up in the majors for a while. I guess it was because I was just such a helluva nice kid - if you'll accept that"
"I used to tell Jackie (Robinson) sometimes when they were throwing at him, 'Jackie, they aren't throwing at you because you are black. They are throwing at you because they don't like you"
"I had only played five games in my senior year in high school. I was not large enough. Hell, when I graduated, I was about five foot four and weighed 120 pounds. I didn't go with the Dodgers until spring training of 1940 and I weighed all of 155 pounds soaking wet"
"Being Captain of the Dodgers meant representing an organization committed to winning and trying to keep it going. We could have won every year if the breaks had gone right"
"Brooklyn was the most wonderful city a man could play in, and the fans there were the most loyal there were"
"If I had my career to play over, one thing I'd do differently is swing more. Those 1,200 walks I got, nobody remembers them"
"If you rush in and out of the clubhouse, you rush in and out of baseball"
