Parents who wonder where the younger generation is going should remember where it came from.
I ain't afraid to tell the world that it didn't take school stuff to help a fella play ball.
I've got a lot of years to live after baseball and I would like to live them with the complete use of my body.
Always wanted to be a Major League player. Loved baseball. Followed it. Loved to play. Plus, I could always hit.
I could always hit. I learned to hit with a broomstick and a ball of tape and I could always get that bat on the ball.
You have to enjoy it. It is not going to happen every year, so this is the year that it is happening and we have got to go out there and enjoy it.
I will calmly wait for my induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Don't I have the numbers to be inducted?
If you have a bad day in baseball, and start thinking about it, you will have 10 more.
Babe Ruth was not afraid to strike out. And it was this fearlessness that contributed to his remarkable career.
I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest me. I had a fire in my belly.
The game is a game, and things happen, and you can't always execute your plan as perfectly as you'd like to.
There's more than one way to do things. There's always different points of views and styles of pitching.
Listen, if you start worrying about the people in the stands, before too long you're up in the stands with them.
You can wake up every day and make today better than the last.
If the Mets can win the World Series, the United States can get out of Vietnam.
Schools used to fund-raise for luxuries, like a trip to the water slides. Now, we fund-raise for things we have to have.
Acting is really not what I'm interested in. I'm not an aspiring actor and you should be able to tell.
Everything has been written. Everybody knows everything about me. There are no secrets. Except the skeletons in my closet.
I think the one person that has the most influence on me is the Lord.
I've been very happy with all the teams I've played for. They all treated me very well.
Only sixteen players have hit fifty or more homers in a season. To me, that's a very special milestone.
