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I always respected Barry Bonds, and I wanted to let him know that I did in a certain way.
Your competition is EVERYTHING else your prospect could conceivably spend their money on.
I don't know what to say other than you're really honored another team is looking at you.
When I was 11, I spent eight months in the hospital with rheumatic fever and almost died.
I think the Angels could use me the most. The Angels don't have a day-to-day first baseman.
Confronted with the vision of a beautiful garden, we see something beautiful about ourselves.
Every season has its peaks and valleys. What you have to try to do is eliminate the Grand Canyon.
If everyone were like him (Mitch Williams) I wouldn't play. I'd find a safer way to make a living.
It's the age-old thing - it's such a cliche - but why worry about things you have no control over?
It's a lot like life. I think 99 percent of what goes on in life, we have very little control over.
Our notion of what makes a paradise always returns to the image of a beautiful and fruitful garden.
How can you wonder what's going to happen when you don't know who's going to be the new guy in town?
He works fast. He throws a lot of strikes. That's what an infielder loves. It gets you into the game.
We've been in the Mac software business for more than 20 years. And it's been a great business for us.
Fresh grapes and wine are perhaps the most luscious foods we mortals encounter during our sojourn here.
I'm a fair manager, put it that way. I like to be fair with the players, but there's a time for discipline.
Playing for Yogi is like playing for your father; playing for Billy is like playing for your father-in-law.
Texas has arguably the most extreme separation between the well off and everyday people in the United States.
It's what you've been a part of for so long. I don't think I can watch a game without an interest in who wins.
My biggest problem in the big leagues is that I can't figure out how to spend forty-three dollars in meal money.
Good pitchers, after a tough outing, bounce back. Real good pitchers don't let too many poor games get in there.
The way they dress here (California), your head is always in the stands. All those bikinis, your eyes get tired.
We all have the temptation to be backseat drivers when it comes to decisions that don't work out the way we want.
My bones are as hard as a rock. Every time I have a biopsy, the doctors are doing hand exercises a week, ten days out.
A person who loves his or her work Is like a plant in the right spot: There growth is maximized And the yield is greatest.
I think the one thing about me is I'm a fairly demanding guy, and I give a great deal of myself, and I expect that in return.
We've gotten through a lot of tough times, and we're going to keep working to make them better. I wish the record was better.
Your first hit in the majors - that's tops. It means you're on your way. When you get the first hit, then you can get the rest.
On cable TV they have a weather channel - 24 hours of weather. We had something like that where I grew up. We called it a window
When I stood up there as a pinch hitter, I honestly believed I was the best hitter in the game. That's the only attitude to have.
When you've learned to believe in yourself, there's no telling how good a player you can be. That's because you have the mental edge.
With the White Sox, when we do stuff, everybody's opinion is asked for, is given and then decisions are made on just about everything.
Who says there's an unemployment problem in this country? Just take the five percent unemployed and give them a baseball stat to follow.
I go back to when my youngest daughter was dying. I never asked my Friend Upstairs, 'Why me?' And He's the only one who has the answers.
Honestly, at one time I though Babe Ruth was a cartoon character. I really did, I mean I wasn't born until 1961 and I grew up in Indiana.
I have an Alka-Seltzer bat. You know-plop, plop, fizz, fizz, when the pitcher sees me walking up there he says, 'Oh, what a relief it is'.
My idea for a Buddhist video game: No guns. Self-immolate instead. Get reincarnated. Repeat until you find Nirvana. Takes forever to play.
I'm always writing at night - things I would change, things I would do differently. When I write a note, it sticks in my head differently.
At the minor-league and major-league level, you know how important your coaching staff is, but in a big market it becomes absolutely huge.
Here I am, a black man with a white man's heart. In the end, that's what God wants us to do. He wants us to help, and he wants us to share.
Honestly, at one time I thought Babe Ruth was a cartoon character. I really did, I mean, I wasn't born until 1961, and I grew up in Indiana.
I've been in just about every situation as a player and coach and manager. I've been in the playoffs, World Series, and I know how to get there.
I watch every day when we hit and take ground balls and the way we go about our business. If I saw any lackadaisical approach, that would concern me.
They say baseball is a slow game. It sure doesn't seem that way when you're in the dugout. You think you have it figured out, but things come up quick.
Last year we had so many people coming in and out they didn't bother to sew their names on the backs of the uniforms. They just put them there with Velcro.
If someone from Germany or somewhere, who had no idea what baseball was, saw Kruk play, he'd wonder what the beer truck driver was doing playing first base.
I'm more conscious of where the outfielders are playing when I'm on base, and I don't take such wide turns anymore running around the bases. I'm still learning.
Has he (Rickey Henderson) ever been here (Spring Training) the first day? You have to say Rickey's consistent. That's what you want in a ballplayer - consistency.
Selling more of what you sell has nothing to do with what you sell. It has everything to do with your prospect's wants, needs, fears, goals, values and priorities.
I always felt like I was healthy; I never felt like anything was wrong with me. Until the morning that I had a massive heart attack. On the golf course, by myself.