I have a love for Shea Stadium and its fans. I had so much fun with the fans. Yeah, they booed me. I was like, 'I know, I know.'
I would love to see as many of the black players as possible in today's Major League Baseball make every effort to go to the Negro Leagues Museum and get a first-hand view of how it all started.
I would love to try to win another game. Obviously, it's more fun when you win. I'd rather try and not win than not try at all.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I want to win as much as anybody. But what am I supposed to do? Go cry in my apartment for the next two weeks?
The flying? I'm not worried about it. I'm safe up there. I feel very comfortable with my abilities flying an airplane.
