I was nervous batting eighth, and I was nervous batting seventh.
I'm not a conventional guy. I've never been a conventional guy.
The price of success is to bear the criticism of envy.
Never drew a paycheck outside of baseball.
Zealots often carry the day.
Your job is to umpire for the ball and not the player.
In the Negro Leagues, I played every day.
I was a football fan before I became a rugby fan.
I would say I thrive in a competitive environment.
The Polynesian guys are pretty strong without going to the gym.
Baseball changes through the years. It gets milder.
If it wasn't for baseball, I'd be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.
Never surrender opportunity for security.
It is never very crowded at the front.
Baseball and malaria keep coming back.
Most one run games are lost, not won.
It is very easy to get people focused on children.
Too often people view idealists as naive.
If I intimidate people, that's not my intention.
I just don't like to dwell on stuff.
In baseball, you're always moving people around.
