Kirby Pucket, Baseball Player

"Didn't I always have a smile on my face?," Puckett told SI back in '96. "I may not have been the prettiest thing in the world, but I gave all I had."

SI.com - Writers - One of a kind (cont.) - Tuesday March 7, 2006 12:08AM.

Restaurant Server, Seattle (Pioneer Square)

This is one of my favorite quotes, overheard in a small diner in Pioneer Square. When I return to Seattle, I will get the name of the restaurant and post it here.

One crisp May morning with the sun showing it's lovely rays, a white businessman is sitting at a restaurant counter complaining that his life isn't the greatest.

With a deep southern accent, the African-American counterperson says to him: "What chou complainin' about...? You on top o' the ground, tha' ground's not on top o' you!!"

Amazing (RF). Words to live by, eh?