Since I was in high school, I wanted to play professional football and professional baseball, be a two-sport star.
I try to do something physical every day. I don't go heavy every day, though.
The only reason I'm coming out here tomorrow is the schedule says I have to.
We've got to give a quality effort every day and play better.
Because I have a little bit more, that means I'm better than you? No. Unacceptable.
I really didn't have one particular athlete I liked growing up.
There's nothing worse than seeing your teammates battle, knowing you can't help.
I umpired for 25 years and can honestly say I never called one wrong in my heart.
That's basically what I'm doing when I'm tapping them - getting my toes to the end of my shoes.
I wrote a piece for the school literary magazine that now makes me think: 'My God in Heaven, this is just the worst drivel.'
A ball player has to be kept hungry to become a big leaguer. That's why no boy from a rich family has ever made the big leagues.
A family is too frail a vessel to contain the risks of all the warring impulses expressed when such a group meets on common ground.
We love our business. We have never been more enthusiastic about cable and its future.
I love baseball. The game allowed me the influence to impact kids in a positive way. This gives me a chance to talk to some social issues.
I care what people think, but that doesn't change what I say. I am who I am.
I don't know what you guys say, but at home, life is way different from baseball.
I had bad days on the field. But I didn't take them home with me. I left them in a bar along the way home.
The triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home runs win a lot of games, but I never understood why fans are so obsessed with them.
I came into the game when I broke into the major leagues, the minimum salary was seven thousand dollars, and I'd have to go home in the wintertime and get a job.
Used to be bats had thick handles and a big barrel. Then they found it's not the size of the bat that gets home runs - it's the speed with which you can swing it.
The only thing I hope I did was never put in question my love for the game, or my passion to be counted on when it mattered most.
