Goose Gossage
Goose Gossage
Richard Michael "Goose" Gossageis a former Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher. During a 22-year baseball career, he pitched for nine different teams, spending his best years with the New York Yankees and San Diego Padres. The nickname "Goose" came about when a friend did not like his previous nickname "Goss", and noted he looked like a goose when he extended his neck to read the signs given by the catcher when he was pitching. Although Gossage is otherwise generally...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth5 July 1951
CountryUnited States of America
Goose Gossage quotes about
The only urgency that I ever had was when my mom was alive. She died last year in September of 2006. She was my number one fan and she always said I'd love to see you go into the Hall of Fame. That was the only urgency that I ever had that I wish if I was going to go into the Hall of Fame that certainly it would've happen when she was around, but it didn't and now that she's passed.
There is nobody that wants to win more than George Steinbrenner.
I played for nine different teams throughout my 22-year major league career and I loved every moment of every team.
Every life lesson is on that baseball field.
Baseball as I have said before to many... many parents it's not about wins and losses. It's about the life lessons that are learned on that baseball field. The perseverance, the hard work that it takes, dealing with failure.
If your child's gonna be a star it's going to happen and just let it happen.
I was brought into situations God couldn't get out of, and I got out of them.