2.
I was the greenest rookie that ever was. One evening I was standing out on the sidewalk when a stranger approached and said, 'You're famous already kid. See, they've named a hotel for you.' I looked across the street and sure enough, there was a big illuminated sign that read 'Johnson Hotel.' Well, do you know that I was so green that I actually believed the man!
Walter Johnson
3.
And my rookie contract, my first rookie contract was for $5,000.
Don Shula
4.
My rookie is manly, so manly, oh so manly his name is Derrick Bateman.
Daniel Bryan
5.
Tried on daddy's 1979 rookie firesuit a while back. Smelled every bit of 36 years old.
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
6.
The Wright brothers' first flight was not reported in a single newspaper because every rookie reporter knew what could and couldn't be done.
Edward R. Murrow
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It's not like I'm a rookie pilot. In fact, I invented airplanes. And air.
David Blatt
8.
I try to stay as young as these rookies are.It feels a bit strange not to be anymore the youngster I used to be. But I'm okay with it. Mostly, I enjoy being on the pitch with so many talented players around me.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
10.
He settled his hat back into position. She was a rookie in her first big game, and he’d never let her see how close she’d come to unseating a champion
Susan Elizabeth Phillips
11.
Baseball is a rookie, his experience no bigger than the lump in his throat as he begins fulfillment of his dream.
Ernie Harwell
13.
I'm not a rookie anymore-no more excuses about being young.
Adrian Beltre
14.
A player cannot be part of the training camp experience as a rookie unless he is signed to a contract.
Leigh Steinberg
15.
I used to lead off when I was a rookie. I've always been able to bunt.
Chili Davis
16.
Being picked for the Pro Bowl is a feeling I can't describe. I never thought I'd be out here as a rookie, so it's great.
Eddie Lacy
17.
I started rockin' the BowTie when I was a rookie with the New York Giants.
Dhani Jones
18.
I actually became a Christian in my rookie year on tour when I was 16 years old.
Michael Chang
20.
I was invited to play with the New York Knicks. I was never drafted, but I was invited to the rookie camp.
Louis Gossett, Jr.
21.
You have to get lucky. Whether that's a good captain's pick, or two rookies combining for five points, if you get that, those are points you really aren't expecting.
Nick Faldo
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New sales managers are the forgotten rookie - they were pros at selling, but all of a sudden they're a rookie at management.
Chris Lytle