I really didn't have one particular athlete I liked growing up.
There's nothing worse than seeing your teammates battle, knowing you can't help.
I umpired for 25 years and can honestly say I never called one wrong in my heart.
That's basically what I'm doing when I'm tapping them - getting my toes to the end of my shoes.
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.
We love our business. We have never been more enthusiastic about cable and its future.
I love baseball. The game allowed me the influence to impact kids in a positive way. This gives me a chance to talk to some social issues.
I don't know what you guys say, but at home, life is way different from baseball.
I had bad days on the field. But I didn't take them home with me. I left them in a bar along the way home.
The triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home runs win a lot of games, but I never understood why fans are so obsessed with them.
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.
Used to be bats had thick handles and a big barrel. Then they found it's not the size of the bat that gets home runs - it's the speed with which you can swing it.
The only thing I hope I did was never put in question my love for the game, or my passion to be counted on when it mattered most.
When I was coming home from school as a youngster, and I saw my dad's car in the driveway, I would go to a friend's house. I connected my dad being there with fear.
I firmly believe that there is a God. I firmly believe that there is a Heaven. And I firmly believe that if you go there, it's gonna be great.
I went out as a free agent in Boston and had a great year and I priced myself out of there market, at the time.
You can't get real happy or real depressed when you play baseball. Baseball is a great sport in that it offers a player a lot of opportunities for atonement.
You can't put a price on what Mark McGwire brings to the Cardinals organization. The responsibility he accepts is as great as any number of home runs.
The two most important things in life are good friends and a strong bullpen.
You got the ball in your hands and you're in command, and if you get your good pitch where you want it, nobody's gonna hit you.
I'm a winner, I play to win, I want to make good things go on around me.
