Ryan, Nolan Filmography

• Jimmy Nolan
  2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Hitting from the Heart
  2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
• DHL Presents Major League Baseball Hometown Heroes
  2006, role: actor , character name: Himself
• 1995 MLB All-Star Game
  1995, role: actor , character name: AL Honorary Captain
• 1995 MLB All-Star Game
  1995, role: actor , character name: Himself - 1st Pitch
• Andy Griffith Show Reunion
  1993, role: actor , character name: Himself
• This Week in Baseball 1990
  1990, role: actor , character name: Baseball Pitcher Nolan Ryan
• 1989 MLB All-Star Game
  1989, role: actor , character name: Himself - AL Pitcher
• 1986 National League Championship Series
  1986, role: actor , character name: Himself - Houston Astros Pitcher
• 1985 MLB All-Star Game
  1985, role: actor , character name: Himself - NL Pitcher
• 1981 MLB All-Star Game
  1981, role: actor , character name: Himself - NL Pitcher
• 1979 MLB All-Star Game
  1979, role: actor , character name: Himself - AL Pitcher
• 1973 MLB All-Star Game
  1973, role: actor , character name: Himself - AL Pitcher

Nolan, Ryan Filmography

• Been Good to Know Yuh
  2011, role: actor , character name: WWII Soldier
• The Triangle of Death
  2009, role: actor , character name: Himself

Nolan, Ryan Filmography

• When Stars Collide
  2012, role: actor , character name: Michael

Famous quotes by Nolan Ryan:

"I think Roger is one of the fiercest competitors I've seen, ... It reflects in the way he approaches his job and the way he carries himself on the mound. When he goes out there, his teammates know he's going to do everything in his power to help them win a ballgame."

"I can't think of anything more humiliating than losing a ballgame to a guy who steals home on you. It happened to me one time against Kansas City. I had a 2-2 count on the hitter - and Amos Otis broke from third. The pitch was a ball and slid in safe. I felt like a nickel."

"What man in his 40s would not like to look in the mirror and find Nolan Ryan?"

"We do it both as a business and out of love of the game of baseball,"

"It helps if the hitter thinks you're a little crazy."

"Everyone has limits. You just have to learn what your own limits are and deal with them accordingly."

"My job is to give my team a chance to win."

"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."

"My ability to throw a baseball was a gift. It was a God-given gift. And I am truly appreciative of that gift. It took me a while to figure that out... and when I finally did, I dedicated myself to be the best pitcher I possibly could be, for as long as I possibly could be."

"Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt. Only by being open to change will you have a true opportunity to get the most from your talent."

"I can honestly say it took two full years for me to get over the fact that I was no longer a baseball player."

"I feel very fortunate that I played for the four organizations I did."

"I like to refer to my years with the Angels as the foundation of my career."

"And then when I went to stay in '68, I can honestly say that I was not focused on my career and on what it took to be a major league pitcher and to be a starting pitcher."

"And when I retired, trust me, not only did Nolan Ryan, but the entire Ryan family had withdrawals from baseball. And it was tough."

"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."

"And to play as long as I did and to have a family you have to be very blessed and I was with my wife Ruth. Ruth, I appreciate the job you did, and my three fine children, Reid, Reese, and Wendy."

"For my children, they spent 15 to 20 years of their life in baseball. And Ruth and I spent so many years of our married life that that was our life. We knew nothing else."

"And I'm a believer that you take a negative and turn it into a positive, and as it turned out, it was one of the best things that ever happened to me. And so I do appreciate the Ranger staff and the Ranger organization for giving me that opportunity."

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• Nolan Ryan - Jerry Jeff Walker

Jerry Jeff Walker
Well, our story starts in Texas, where he's tempered by the heat
That skinny Alvin boy believes his fastball can't be heat
So he brings it and he brings it and it passes every test
They're talkin' he's a wild man might be the fastest in the West
Well, he's drafted by New York, he's gonna pitch up there in Shea
With those amazing Mets, he'll help them take it all the way
He gets a World Series ring, he stays modest, he don't boast
Now it's off to California, where he'll make history on the coast
Chorus:
Nolan Ryan, he's a hero to us all
Nolan Ryan, he stands straight, he stands tall
He don't mess around boys
He just throws a mean fast ball
Tom Morgan is the angel, gets Nolan in second gear
Then he pitches four no-hitters in about as many years
He's working for Gene Autry, they're calling him the Ryan Express
He throws one ball a hundred, now he's the fastest in the West
But after eight years on the left coast,
He says he wants to come home
So he signs on with the Astros,
He'll bring magic to the dome
As he throws his fifth no-hitter,
They're talkin' about he might be the best
In Texas people know, he's the fastest in the West
Chorus
Now he's a Texas Ranger, but he don't tote no gun
He'll mow you down with the heater, you smell leather, hear it hum
He throws a sixth no-hitter, the Oakland A's just met Big Tex
Now they're gonna judge all the rest,
Boys, against the fastest in the West
Now let's count up some numbers, he's forty-three years of age
He's got 5200 strike-outs, six no-hitters to date
There's 57 shut-outs, right up against 300 wins
And on the very first ballot, the Hall of Fame's gotta take him in