Abe Lemons on big
Abe Lemons15 quotes“You may be big in New York, but in Walters, Oklahoma, you’re nobody.”
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Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor.
Abe LemonsAbe Lemons Coaches who shoot par in the summer are the guys I want on my schedule in the winter.
Abe LemonsAbe Lemons They wanted to buy out my contract, but I couldn’t make change for a $20, so they had to let me stay.
Abe LemonsAbe Lemons Damn referees, I’ll miss them less than anybody.
Abe LemonsAbe Lemons You always catch the wrong players.
Abe LemonsAbe Lemons The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.
Abe LemonsAbe Lemons If I make a set of rules, then a guy goes out and steals an airplane. He comes back and says, ‘It wasn’t in the rules.’
Abe LemonsAbe Lemons Hell no. When I die I want to be sick.
Abe LemonsAbe Lemons I don’t have any tricky plays. I’d rather have tricky players.
Abe LemonsAbe Lemons I don’t understand these new coaches who don’t drink. What do they do when they get beat?
Abe LemonsAbe Lemons Doctors bury their mistakes, but mine are still on scholarship.
Abe LemonsAbe Lemons You mean in the state?
Abe LemonsAbe Lemons I’d rather be a football coach. That way you only lose eleven games a year.
Abe LemonsAbe Lemons We did have three go to the YMCA.
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