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John broke in with Cleveland as a 20-year-old in 1963 and made his last appearance for the Yankees at age 46 in 1989, also pitching for the White Sox, Dodgers, Angels, and Athletics. The left-hander won 288 games, made 4 All-Star teams and anchored 3 pennant-winning teams, while twice finishing as a runner-up for the Cy Young Award. His 700 games started rank 8th on the all-time list.

After John injured his elbow in 1974, he received the first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery from Dr. Frank Jobe. John returned to pitch in 1976, then won 20 games three times in four years from 1977-80.

He would go on to pitch 14 of his 26 seasons after the procedure that is now known as Tommy John Surgery, a measure that has helped extend pitching careers in the more than half a century since it was first performed.

He was 83.

“That sh*t drives me f*cking crazy. You don’t come out, shake hands and hug before the 5th round.

You cone out in that 5th round with the flying knee or something crazy and you’re trying to finish the fight.”

via: Jake Noecker

“I think I had a very human career with ups and downs. I wish it was like Ronda Rousey straight up.”

“But the type of champion I wanna be is hopefully have long title reign and breaking records.”

“I think all adversity I went through, surgeries, motherhood, some losses ultimately that gonna prepare me for what I can accomplish as the champion.”

“Obviously biggest motivation to win the belt was for my daughter, to give her motivation and teach her values, but for now since I’ve accomplished that, I wanna set back and think what Mackenzie want.”

via: DC MMA

Mauricio Ruffy: "I go into the octagon to knock people out. It's unfinished business if I win by decision."

Arman Tsarukyan: "Don't forget how to tap during training as well."

Come on Garry, fuck them all! Do it for your little crew bro, and never forget what they said against! We got the skills 1000%! ☘️

via: Conor McGregor