You could have the bases loaded, and you bring up the best pinch-hitter in the world to pinch hit, he hits into a double play, and then all of a sudden: 'How could you do that?'
As far as I'm concerned, Aaron is the best ball player of my era. He is to baseball of the last fifteen years what Joe DiMaggio was before him. He's never received the credit he's due.
My dream was to play football for the Oakland Raiders. But my mother thought I would get hurt playing football, so she chose baseball for me. I guess moms do know best.
You never had the opportunity to play with some of the great ballplayers, but being that close around them, and being in the same category, was a great feeling, to feel that vibe of all the best players who played the game.
They try to say this era was a tainted era. But so many great players played in the last 15 to 20 years. This is going to be the best era in the history of the game in my opinion.
God knows I gave my best in baseball at all times and no man on earth can truthfully judge me otherwise.
Ted Williams is one of the best hitters ever to play the game, and I didn't get a chance to see him play, so all I could do was read books and look at pictures.
Pitching is what you have best on the day you work, and if you can't get your fastball over the plate, then maybe you can win with your curve.
If I signed it that is the way it really happened. I don't know of any individuals who are saying anything different. I have no idea what is going on with that.
I can honestly say it took two full years for me to get over the fact that I was no longer a baseball player.
There's always a version of me who is the narrator. And I make myself look better than other people.
To Southerners like my mother, 'Gone With the Wind' was not just a book; it was an answer, a clenched fist raised to the North, an anthem of defiance.
I still get weepy when I see a father being nice to his child. It so affects me.
I'm not the lovable, wonderful, tenderhearted grandfather that you read about in books. I'm grouchy and curmudgeonly, and I have a lot of rules.
I had the opportunity to go with some other teams. But I didn't consider those teams to be contenders, and I was right.
My brother never got an opportunity to throw a pitch, and I didn't want the same thing to happen to another young kid.
Some other things I don't miss: the media and the pressure of just being asked to do, and being asked questions every day.
Don't just expect the scouts to find you. Go to camps, clinics and make sure you are seen.
I would think if someone connected to steroids made the Hall of Fame, that would enhance my chances of making the Hall of Fame.
Are you tall? Are you strong? How big are your hands? You must be honest with yourself or you will end up using the wrong bat.
The game of baseball is better when the Dodgers are playing well, just like when the Yankees are playing well, or the Cubs, the Phillies, the big-name teams.
