I do not think athletes should get a free pass. I don't think we should train our children and future athletes to believe that they are above the law and morality.
My father was always slightly bemused by my success. Although he knew that I had reasonable intelligence, he always thought that I was a little bit lazy.
Leadership is something you earn, something you're chosen for. You can't come in yelling, 'I'm your leader!' If it happens, it's because the other guys respect you.
Leadership can't be fabricated. If it is fabricated and rehearsed, you can't fool the guys in the locker room. So when you talk about leadership, it comes with performance. Leadership comes with consistency.
I look at this as a second life. Every game feels like an event. Every pitch matters. I need that. It elevates your aggressiveness.
Regardless of who you are, what sport you chose, or how much success you achieved, playing the game is all about getting you ready for life.
I grew up an Indians fan my entire life. I was never really 'against' the Yankees, but I knew what they were capable of.
Work? I never worked a day in my life. I always loved what I was doing, had a passion for it.
Changes your life, getting into the Hall of Fame. For the rest of my life, I'll be known as Hall of Famer George Kell.
I found out early in life that I could hit a baseball farther than most players, and that's what I tried to do.
I'm giving life lessons and tips on how to take care of your emotional heart, because heart disease is the number-one killer in America.
I'm an old man, and all my life I've said that Notre Dame should remain independent because it's a national school.
My whole life I've actually been training to be a stunt man without realising it. I've always loved extreme sports, and I now I get paid for it.
The Atlanta Braves are really all that our children know about this crazy baseball life, and we are so thankful for this upbringing for them.
Yes, I had to learn how to live life outside, but I had so many people help me.
I love boxing. I like to see the strategizing. Watching the warriors go to work. I like that struggle, going out there and fighting.
The question of sexual dominance can exist only in the nightmare of that soul which has armed itself, totally, against the possibility of the changing motion of conquest and surrender, which is love.
I love catching, being involved in every pitch of the game; obviously, it beats you up both mentally and physically.
As a quarterback, you have to love it. As much as you like to turn around and hand the ball off - the whole traditional football game - as a quarterback, you gotta love putting it in the air.
Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the trade-off they're making to win. Losers, on the other hand, see it as punishment. And that's the difference.
There are only so many pitches in this old arm, and I don't believe in wasting them throwing to first base.
