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That's the game of baseball - amazing things happen.

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Mariano Rivera
Age: 54
Born: 1969
Born: November 29
Baseball Player
Panamá
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Baseball
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I don't think any professional accepts defeat.
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I am not a father who wants to give his kids everything. They have to earn it.
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If I have to win one game, I’d have a hard time taking anybody over Dustin Pedroia as my second baseman.
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I learned early in my life that sometimes I'm going to lose. I don't like it, but I accept it, meaning that I understand it's going to happen. But I don't see it like defeat I see it like a learning process. Then if there's nothing to learn, I move on.
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Fishing is a hard job. Fishing at night. Rain. Day, night. You have to be wise and smart. And quick.
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I get over bad games right away. Sometimes I've let it go even before I've left the mound. That quick. Why? Because it's over. What can you do about it? Nothing. The only thing you can do is fight if you're still in the game. After that you can do nothing.
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I don't just think regular season. I think playoffs. World Series. That's how I think.
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I know, it's amazing, but I never feel like I have done anything. When people say that, it makes me uncomfortable because I'm not that kind of person. I just go out there and try to do my job.
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Every time before I throw my first pitch, I am praying. And not only that, in the bullpen I am praying.
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I don't wait for people to give me respect. I always give them respect.
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There's a lot of things more than baseball that I want to do.
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I'm not used to seeing the ball go wherever she wants. As a pitcher, I like to be - I don't want to say perfect, but I want to know what the ball is going to do.
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I demand my kids be respectful, responsible and grateful. And they have to love the Lord with all their hearts.
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I want to give my respect, glory and time to the Bible - to the word of God - just as I want to give my respect and time to my work.
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I know there are millions of people praying for me, and I strongly believe in prayers.
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I think the good Lord is a Yankee.
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I don't feel invincible because I'm human.
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I miss everything that makes up Panama. I don't have a preference. I love my country.
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I don't want to pitch forever.
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New York has been a blessing for me and my family.
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