Carolina Quotes
If I had been the kind of fellow who brooded when things went wrong, I probably would have gone out of my mind when Judge Landis ruled me out of baseball. I would have lived in regret. I would have been bitter and resentful because I felt I had been wronged. But I haven’t been resentful at all.
Shoeless Joe Jackson Carolinian
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"This Is the Truth!", as told to Furman Bisher, SPORT magazine, October 1949
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“If I had been the kind of fellow who brooded when things wen…” Shoeless Joe Jackson. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-5AD620076C. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/5ad620076c
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