If they want me I'd love to come back. I'm not going to play because I can, I'm going to play because I deserve it.
Everybody's journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in love with a boy. The fact that many Americans consider it a disease says more about them than it does about homosexuality.
I love to win; but I love to lose almost as much. I love the thrill of victory, and I also love the challenge of defeat.
In terms of comedians, I loved, growing up, Jonathan Winters, Sid Caesar, Jackie Gleason, Phil Silvers, Carol Burnett, all those people.
The job of arguing with the umpire belongs to the manager, because it won't hurt the team if he gets thrown out of the game.
I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else.
I don't want to be just an average guy. I want to do whatever possible to win a lot of games. I'm a competitor.
All of the charities we're involved with have touched me in one way or another on a personal level. There are about eight or nine charities that I support.
If there was no intentional walks, the guy would just walk him anyway, unintentionally intentionally walk him. You see a lot more of that than what meets the eye.
I'm a ballplayer. I know how hard the game is... and anybody that makes it in the Hall of Fame, I support. They become a member of our special fraternity.
I don't think I can play any other way but all out. I enjoy the game so much because I'm putting so much into it.
Back in the '70s when my friends in California were at Berkeley, in-state tuition was around $700 a year.
I tried the broadcasting thing, the coaching thing, but I'll never replace the competitive feeling of being out on the field when we were players.
For me, I tend to sit back sometimes and just count my blessings because of how long I've played.
Though I'd have to say it was generally the guys in Detroit, as a group, that won the two Championships. They were terrific and I always look back very fondly.
I think the Pistons have such a well rounded team, which is why they're so successful. All you have to do is look at the stats defensively and at their rebounding and scoring.
If the human body recognized agony and frustration, people would never run marathons, have babies, or play baseball.
And I'd be lying if I told you that as a black man in baseball I hadn't gone through worse times than my teammates.
I had some friends here from North Carolina who'd never seen a homer, so I gave them a couple.
There is one thing I can say about working in a steel mill. If it does not kill you, it will make a man out of you.
I've learned over the years that it doesn't matter where you pitch in the rotation. For me, preparation is everything.
