We, as a league, must do a better job of protecting the integrity of the game and the safety of our players.
A ball player has to be kept hungry to become a big leaguer. That's why no boy from a rich family has ever made the big leagues.
I got an offer in 1992 to buy a major-league team. I turned down the offer because I don't want my love of the game to involve business.
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.
I certainly didn't think of myself as gifted. The standards for being gifted in my environment were if you were good in Little League or if you were good in football.
I'd rather play in the major leagues and have some bad games than play consistently good ball in the minors.
I liked St. Louis, when they were in the American League, because that was going home. I had all my family and friends there.
These kids are the future of the National Football League. They're the next generation that will be playing high school football, NCAA football, and some even to the pros.
I had come to regard the U.S. Senate's rejection of the League of Nations as a tragic mistake.
If he can hit, he can hit. I don't care if he came from Class Z league.
Not many people get to the major leagues and succeed right away. There are some struggles. Everyone seems to struggle.
When I first got into the league, I tried to fit in. Now I don't care.
And that's why, you know, it's players like Randy Moss that unfortunately put a stain on the entire league.
Why shouldn't we pitch to Babe Ruth? We pitch to better hitters in the National League.
The National League was born the following year, as an attempt to exert the control of capital over labor.
Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don't belong there.
Really, I learned a long time ago that in the National Football League, paper doesn't mean anything. Football teams are created on the football field.
Everything we talk about is about beating the Packers, the Bears and the Vikings. Obviously there are other teams in the league, but if you can dominate and be on top of your division you are always in the playoff hunt. It's time for us to win that t...
To me, there is no more conscientious umpire in the Major Leagues than Jim Joyce. He gives you a hellacious effort every time.
That's what Major League Baseball's steroid scandal was all about, the hidden harm in competitive sports that sends the wrong message to the young.
I couldn't beat people with my strength; I don't have a hard shot; I'm not the quickest skater in the league. My eyes and my mind have to do most of the work.
