Being from New York, if you're gay, you're gay. I think it's important that if you are gay, you not be afraid to say who you are.
The way those clubs shift against Ted Williams, I can't understand how he can be so stupid not to accept the challenge to him and hit to left field.
It's about getting in position and taking a swing. I don't care if you're taking steroids or not; if you don't do those two things, it's not going to matter anyway.
I'm excited about being here in an organization that I grew up rooting for... I'm excited about being an Atlanta Brave and pitching in Game 1.
One thing that I learned is this - once a Braves fan, always a Braves fan. No matter what. And as a player, that means more than you could understand.
I practice on the acoustic guitar a little bit, but I think I have reached the peak of my talent.
You gotta learn that if you're gonna take the last shot of the game, it's either gonna go in, or it's not gonna go in, and you're either gonna be the hero or the goat.
Sometimes I get so pumped up, I get a headache. I get woozy. I get dizzy. I like that feeling, I don't know why.
There are three types of baseball players: Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen and those who wonder what happens.
When I was 15 years old, I used to actually dream I was pitching in Yankee Stadium. Bill Dickey was my catcher.
They could never beat me in Springfield. I loved that old ballpark. If I could have pitched there all my career, I'd be a 300-game winner.
There are three kinds of people in this world: people who make it happen, people who watch what happens, and people who wonder what happened.
When you have God-given talent, I think that that kind of hinders your practice habits and that's what I think it did to me.
I think the guys that get to the All-Star Game deserve a lot of credit. They deserve their opportunity to get out there and let the baseball fandom see them.
In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted, if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end.
My pitch count as a general rule was 135. And I knew how many pitches I had when I went to the mound for the last three innings.
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
When you hurry you're more apt to make mistakes. But you have to be quick. If you're not quick you can't get things done.
Well, your greatest joy definitely comes from doing something for another, especially when it was done with no thought of something in return.
It is most difficult in my mind, to seperate success, whether it be in your profession, your family, or as in my case, in basketball, from religion.
It is most difficult, in my mind, to separate any success, whether it be in your profession, your family, or as in my case, in basketball, from religion.
