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" I think every player wants to be acknowledged for what they have done. I think every player eligible for the Hall Of Fame feels that the ultimate validation is enshrinement. "
Barry Larkin
Think
Fame
Done
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" If you can prove a guy did cheat, then I don't believe he belongs. I don't believe that there are any guys that did cheat, in that respect, that are in the Hall of Fame. So I think opening up the doors to guys that admittedly cheated or are proven that they did cheat, it kills the integrity of what the Hall of Fame stands for. "
Barry Larkin
Integrity
You
Think
" What people don't realize is that professionals are sensational because of the fundamentals. The sensationalism has taken over the professionalism. "
Barry Larkin
People
Over
Professionalism
" The stance I took was there is no room for racial bias anywhere in sports. I believe that was basically all I said about it. Certainly I was cast as an abolitionist. Death threats came. Hate mail came. "
Barry Larkin
Death
Believe
Hate
" I'm glad that I just played baseball, because I'm sure I had a much longer baseball career than I would've had a football career. I did miss football, but I didn't miss some of the injuries from football. "
Barry Larkin
Career
Football
Injuries
" My message to a lot of guys is, if you like school and you like education, baseball is gonna be there, and you can get some of the same great competition in college that you do in the low minor leagues. "
Barry Larkin
Baseball
School
You
" I wanted to go to college and play football. "
Barry Larkin
Play
Go
Football
" I see it as a responsibility of mine to teach others. "
Barry Larkin
See
Teach
Mine
" I have a love for Shea Stadium and its fans. I had so much fun with the fans. Yeah, they booed me. I was like, 'I know, I know.' "
Barry Larkin
Love
Me
Fans
" I love boxing. I like to see the strategizing. Watching the warriors go to work. I like that struggle, going out there and fighting. "
Barry Larkin
Boxing
Fighting
Love
" I remember playing on pretty much an all-minority youth team and going to some of the tournaments north of Cincinnati and not being able to stay with host families where all the other teams were staying with host families. "
Barry Larkin
Remember
Youth
Team