I didn't want to be a catcher. It was thrust upon me, as they say in the classics.
Effort without talent is a depressing situation... but talent without effort is a tragedy.
My message is that steroids is bad. Don't do them. It's a bad message.
I'm the perfect candidate to be affected by SARS. I'm highly susceptible to infections.
If you're in the minor leagues, you want to get to the majors.
There is no need to smear my name or to defame my character for the sake of news.
And the irony is that they wrote better without access to my quotes.
I took it personal. I got slammed quite a bit.
We're going to play better, and we're going to play harder.
I don't think any professional accepts defeat.
Pitching is 80% of the game and the other half is hitting and fielding.
Pete Rose is the most likable arrogant person I've ever met.
The body doesn't recover like it does when you're younger.
I always have high expectations for me.
My inspiration was the game itself, not any individual player in it.
Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.
Looking back, I am thankful that I didn't go into the film industry.
There was no instruction to be thankful that the Christians were special people, chosen people. There was no nationalistic, political or ethnic superiority to be thankful for.
Be thankful for problems. If they were less difficult, someone with less ability might have your job.
I think I was the best baseball player I ever saw.
John Hirschbeck is a wonderful person with a wonderful family. I'm so glad that we have become friends.
