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The final release point for the fastball is the tips of your fingers.

Steve Carlton

You go through all the emotions when you're told to move on.

Mike Quade

There's a lot of things more than baseball that I want to do.

Mariano Rivera

You can't second-guess baseball. You can't second-guess yourself.

Mariano Rivera

Ever since I was a little kid, I was competitive.

Mariano Rivera

We'll do all right if we can capitalize on our mistakes.

Mickey Rivers

My goals are to hit .300, score 100 runs, and stay injury-prone.

Mickey Rivers

He's so ugly he should have to wear an oxygen mask.

Mickey Rivers

These guys are so old they're eligible for meals on wheels.

Mickey Rivers

For me, it's just going up on the mound and trying to get outs.

Masahiro Tanaka

It makes you feel at home when you can talk to somebody and really talk about anything.

Eddie Murray

I am more valuable to my team hitting .330 then swinging for home runs.

Roberto Clemente

Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move.

Satchel Paige

My situation is different from Mark's. I'm not looking for home runs, I'm looking for the playoffs.

Sammy Sosa

When you're in the middle of a pennant race, you can't go up there thinking about home runs.

Sammy Sosa

My God... What are the headlines going to be like on Monday if the Yankees don't make the playoffs?

Wade Boggs

Baseball for me was instinctive, born within me, given to me as a gift from God.

Willie Stargell

If you destroyed the underpinnings of this great American sport, you are a hated, ugly, detestable person.

Curt Flood

Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher.

Ty Cobb

The great trouble with baseball today is that most of the players are in the game for the money and that's it, not for the love of it, the excitement of it, the thrill of it.

Ty Cobb

If we're going to win the pennant, we've got to start thinking we're not as good as we think we are.

Casey Stengel