I haven't been really superstitious once I left baseball, actually.

I used to get so nervous and upset at stuff... I'd always be angry.

Don't call the world dirty because you forgot to clean your glasses.

Today, ... anything you can come up with that works is worth trying.

The pitcher setting up the batter. It's chess, and you play with it.

Just trying to do anything I can to help the team win and that's it.

I don't want to change. I haven't done it before, I won't do it now.

Occasionally, you have to make adjustments and try different things.

In the beginning was the word, but it wasn't a fixed number of bits.

We've got a lot of pressure going. This is for my Latin counterpart.

How to use your leisure time is the biggest problem of a ballplayer.

I've always talked to the media. I'm pretty respectful to the media.

You get older and more mature ... you just kind of go with the flow.

I never compliment the other pitcher. I make my living off pitchers.

We have a good team, and I think we'll have a good season this year.

I don't turn off being a dad. It supersedes being a baseball player.

I don't vote party lines. Never have. I vote for the best candidate.

You just have to go as far as you can go. Everyone works his way up.

People only rooted for the underdog in movies, not in middle school.

I want to play every day. This year will be absolutely no different.

Don't play for one run unless you know that run will win a ballgame.

In my mind, the home run is paramount because it means instant runs.

The dirt was OK, but once you hit the grass... Wet grass is slippery

Failure will never stand int he way of success if you learn from it.

The first week Banks was with us, we knew he was going to be a star.

I feel like I should be more in touch with the nuances of this game.

If you talk to any pitcher, consistency is the most important thing.

I've always approached spring training as I have something to prove.

I think I'll Look back and go, 'That was a really good career move.'

I don't know about Willie Davis. He's not as young as he used to be.

They should move 1st base back a foot to avoid all those close plays

New York came after me aggressively and that's what sealed the deal.

It's good to see a kid that young learning how to pitch. He's tough.

I'm just another guy who likes his job and doesn't like his commute.

I never had a bad night in my life, but I've had a few bad mornings.

It's a pretty big shadow. It gives me lots of room to spread myself.

I might have had a tough break; but I have an awful lot to live for.

What's there to be nervous about? You just go out and play the game.

I don't see what could be better to play a game and get paid for it.

I didn't realize how much I loved the game until I couldn't play it.

My inspiration was the game itself, not any individual player in it.

When I'm in my groove there is no thinking. Everything just happens.

I do miss competing, being out there - the atmosphere, I do miss it.

Among many U. S. wine consumers, California holds a strong position.

I said what I said before Congress because I meant every word of it.

I want to be remembered as a ballplayer who gave all he had to give.

Even though I play a professional sport now, I love college baseball

The fourth major league game I ever saw in person, I was in uniform.

I was the biggest, most hopeless and most violent drunk in baseball.

I'm not keeping track, but the record is there for someone to break.

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