According to the percentage people, you would be perfectly comfortable.
So to get to play for the Yankees was really exciting. Really exciting.
We hung out on the streets, played stickball, and did all of the things that other kids did.
There were riots in just about every game we played with Syracuse.
Maybe I was born to play ball. Maybe I truly was.
You don't just throw the ball - you propel it.
Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings.
Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken.
Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.
If you ask me anything I don't know, I'm not going to answer.
Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical.
The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.
I always thought that record would stand until it was broken.
Della Bea Robinson: The only thing that can help you is God, Ray! Ray Charles: Don't you talk about God! You have any idea how it feels to go blind and still be afraid of the dark? And every day, you stand and pray just for a little light, and you do...
Dick Moss, my agent. Dick became my agent in 1979 when I signed my contract with the Houston Astros.
I feel very fortunate that I played for the four organizations I did.
What man in his 40s would not like to look in the mirror and find Nolan Ryan?
I don't think anybody ever really just retires where they don't do anything.
There is nothing as dangerous as an economist who only knows economics except the moral philosopher who knows no economics.
Whenever my body heals and the pain and all the swelling goes away is when I'll be ready.
I'm a sports-watcher. I played football and baseball, coached baseball. So I watch those things.
