People say you have to hit rock bottom, and, I can tell you, almost dying is as rock bottom as it gets.
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.
We go old-school during the summer, like swimming or setting up lemonade stands. I try to teach my kids to make their own fun.
My grandma passed away at 98 1/2 and I want to live to 100. I want to be able to do what I can do even at 100.
I don't have a thyroid anymore. I had radioactive iodine treatment, which destroyed my thyroid. I take medication every day.
I have my own people that make my clothes because it's hard for me to find stuff that fits.
You are going to have hostile crowds and the fans are going to find out where you are staying and keep you awake at night. They are going to use everything possible.
I think the Commissioner is taking the steps necessary to give the game back to the players and the fans and hopefully take the league to the next level.
I know a lot of people didn't understand why I came back, and people are still going to say it was stupid and it was the wrong decision. But I'm happy.
The people I still talk to are some of the old Galaxy players all over the place. That's a bond that's pretty special.
I owe everything I have to them when I'm out there on the mound. But I owe the fans nothing and they owe me nothing when I am not pitching.
When things happen to you in the worst way, you live with it, you go over it, you think, 'What else could I have done?'
Baseball can be slow in many ways. The action starts with when the pitcher delivers the ball. But the action really starts when the crack of the bat happens.
The older you get, the things that you thought you wanted to do when you were younger, you're checking them off your list because you no longer want to them.
When you're on the Olympic team at 15, you don't do anything else. There's no normal social development, and your decisions are made for you.
Being with a woman all night never hurt no professional baseball player. It's staying up all night looking for a woman that does him in.
They say some of my stars drink whiskey, but I have found that ones who drink milkshakes don't win many ball games.
Been in this game one-hundred years, but I see new ways to lose 'em I never knew existed before.
I feel greatly honored to have a ballpark named after me, especially since I've been thrown out of so many.
