#om

One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something. ↗

— Nolan Ryan

#baseball #beautiful #beautiful things #come #down

And when I went to Houston, they had a conditioning coach by the name of Gene Coleman. And that was the first time I had gone to an organization that had a program with a weight room and designed specifically for pitchers. ↗

— Nolan Ryan

#coleman #conditioning #designed #first #first time

I came into the game when I broke into the major leagues, the minimum salary was seven thousand dollars, and I'd have to go home in the wintertime and get a job. ↗

— Nolan Ryan

#came #dollars #game #get #go

Behind every small business, there's a story worth knowing. All the corner shops in our towns and cities, the restaurants, cleaners, gyms, hair salons, hardware stores - these didn't come out of nowhere. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#business #cities #come #corner #every

Do we believe that the goal of government is to promote equal opportunity for all Americans to make the most of their lives? Or, do we now believe that government's role is to equalize the results of peoples lives? ↗

— Paul Ryan

#believe #equal #equal opportunity #equalize #goal

We don't want to turn the safety net into a hammock that lulls able-bodied people into complacency and dependence. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#dependence #hammock #into #net #people

A free economy and strong communities honor the dignity of every person, rewarding effort with justice, promoting upward mobility, and building solidarity among citizens. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#building #citizens #communities #dignity #economy

Are we interested in treating the symptoms of poverty and economic stagnation through income redistribution and class warfare, or do we want to go at the root causes of poverty and economic stagnation by promoting pro-growth policies that promote prosperity? ↗

— Paul Ryan

#class #class warfare #economic #economic stagnation #go

Back in 2008, candidate Obama called a $10 trillion national debt 'unpatriotic' - serious talk from what looked to be a serious reformer. Yet by his own decisions, President Obama has added more debt than any other president before him, and more than all the troubled governments of Europe combined. One president, one term, $5 trillion in new debt. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#any #back #before #called #candidate

If we don't make tough decisions today our children are going to have to make much, much tougher decisions tomorrow. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#decisions #going #make #much #our