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It's not like you can aim for a home run and hit a home run.
I love pitching in front of big crowds and in huge stadiums.
Other than the voices in my head, I think I’m pretty normal.
I have a medical history folder that's a lot thicker than most.
It's like you came to a controversy and a ball game breaks out.
I can't get into specifics. Someday, hopefully, I'll be able to.
I just had an operation for piles - all my troubles are behind me.
Sometimes in this game its as good to be lucky as it is to be good.
Well, I grew up in the Bay Area, so I've been in earthquakes before.
I'm so secure in myself I couldn't care less what people think of me.
I'm a whole new pitcher. I'm more comfortable with all of my pitches.
Hey, I'm serious here? Why do you have to ask me how many hits I have?
I'm a small-town guy, and moving to a huge city might be an adjustment.
My mom can still slap me silly and my dad still threatens to ground me.
As a younger player, you always kind of play with that fear of failure.
Greg Maddux could put a baseball through a life saver if you asked him.
Im pretty fair-skinned, so I need to get in the sun for a little while.
I'm pretty fair-skinned, so I need to get in the sun for a little while.
I don't think Hank's home run record will ever be broken. There's no way.
It was a good opportunity to show the Reds the guidelines on the catwalk.
I look at scouting reports, but don't let them dictate what I'm throwing.
Not true at all. Vaseline is manufactured right here in the United States.
I want to keep things simple and keep my energy focused on moving forward.
I'm Cuban-American, everybody says. I have a Cuban background, Cuban blood.
Being patient, feeling comfortable, taking my walks-that's part of my game.
I don't care what any writer says about me ... I just want to play my game.
Librarians are notorious snitches—don’t let anybody convince you otherwise.
You know, my main goal in life is trying not to end up in a straightjacket.
Ballplayers, like everyone else, like to get told they did something right.
I don't want to get into autobiographies, I don't want to talk about myself.
I don't want to get into autobiographies; I don't want to talk about myself.
The biggest thing as I have gotten older is the calmness that's come over me.
What you have to do in certain situations, that's called situational hitting.
You've got a little round ball and a little round bat and anything can happen.
The Yankees are only interested in one thing, and I have no idea what that is.
I loved coming up with players in scoring position and I had to drive them in.
I was doing what I love to do: play baseball. Not going to complain about that.
When I paint to please other people I tend to lose the free spirit creative edge.
I always wondered how it would be to put on a Braves uniform and play in Atlanta.
Cincinnati is perfect for me. I've met a lot of good people there who like to fish.
I grew up on the softball field. Every day I would take my glove and my bat with me
I was this 5-7 pudgy kid in high school... I wasn't a popular kid. I was an outcast.
I kept believing that, if I got my innings in, it would come. I just kept believing.
Never let yourself get fooled by the same pitcher on the same pitch on the same day.
I'm a baseball player. Not being able to play baseball certainly was a lonely thing.
I had fun coming every day and playing in front of a packed house - it was exciting.
It is not easy being trapped in a school that is caught between cornfields and cows.
I grew up on the softball field. Every day I would take my glove and my bat with me.
I woke up this morning and I said to my self, 'Self, I think we need to party today'.
I still have very close ties to Houston and the Astros because that was my first team.