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I hate walking around known as a team that loses all the time.
I guess I'm getting older. I hate to say it, but I guess I am.
It took us a little while, but we swung the bats well tonight.
I've got a wife, four kids, a business, and a baseball career.
I've been lucky to have a lot of opportunities to help people.
Eddie Haas talked a lot about not hitting the ball in the air.
I have seen the future and it's like the present, only longer.
I'm very modest. I know that baseball is a very humbling game.
Pitching... sometimes I did so poorly, it brought me to tears.
Swing hard, in case they throw the ball where you're swinging.
The easiest way around the bases is with one swing of the bat.
He was so honest you could play craps with him over the phone.
I have good days and bad days, but they aren't much different.
I like to set realistic goals for myself, not outrageous ones.
When you have a big heart and big stuff, anything is possible.
Don't worry about how things are. Watch where they are headed.
Having played in Boston will help me a ton moving to New York.
Right now Andy Larkin is pitching just like young Andy Larkin.
The sky is so clear today you can see all the way to Missouri.
My RV is the only place where I can find some peace and quiet.
You always want to get at-bats. You always want to contribute.
To understand him you had to understand this: he wasn't human.
I just go out there and do what I do and try and hit my spots.
I didn't cost the Series. I cost a game in the regular season.
I've been to Gettysburg probably more than half a dozen times.
To succeed in baseball, as in life, you must make adjustments.
Experience is something you get when you don't really want it.
One-run games can go either way, and most of the time they do.
The secret of my success was clean living and a fast outfield.
Family is everything. It is even more important than baseball.
Not after all the time my dad spent teaching me to switch-hit.
How are you gonna score if somebody doesn't drive in the runs?
Maybe tomorrow we'll all wear 42, so nobody can tell us apart.
You can hate a man for many reasons. Color is not one of them.
Singles hitters drive Fords. Home-run hitters drive Cadillacs.
I like beans. Lentils are beans, right? I love beans and rice.
I have never intentionally used steroids. Never. Ever. Period.
I like playing for Oakland, they have a very colorful uniform.
I think the most privacy I had was when the game was going on.
I'm truly blessed to be where I am and accomplish what I have.
My wife Margaret is the best thing that's ever happened to me.
If you're in the minor leagues, you want to get to the majors.
Tainted numbers, I believe, do not belong in the Hall of Fame.
I've always had that attitude that things happen for a reason.
Keep the juices flowing by jangling around gently as you move.
You can wake up every day and make today better than the last.
You're not always going to be perfect, but I always try to be.
I loved to hit with men on base and with the game on the line.
I like competing. I like going head to head, the best man wins.
Leadership is a role you have to earn in order to be effective.