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Mr. Rickey, I'll put more people in the park than anybody since Babe Ruth.
Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death.
Nobody on my staff is on salary. The money goes straight to the charities.
When things are not going the way you want them to go, you start to press.
Going back down to the minors is the toughest thing to handle in baseball.
If I stay healthy, I have a chance to collect 3,000 hits and 1,000 errors.
As long as you don't fold up and curl up into a ball, you'll be all right.
Hospice is such a tremendous thing. Patients seem to reach an inner peace.
I wanted the challenge of competing against the best players in the world.
I try to be my own player. I really haven't modeled my game after anybody.
I'm still pinching myself. I am very grateful of the way things have gone.
Obviously, every game's big. It's lose or get yourself in a bad situation.
I've never seen a game like this. Every game this year has been like this.
Rick Miller hit only one home run last year, and that's like hitting none.
Over the course of a season, a miscue will cost you more than a good play.
How come nobody wants to argue with me? Is it because I'm always so right?
A religious fanatic is somebody who knows Jesus Christ better than you do.
Religion made half of us afraid to die, and the other half afraid to live.
I was thinking about making a comeback, until I pulled a muscle vacuuming.
There's not too many teams that can succeed on and off the field together.
I make too much money to play a game I love to ever feel sorry for myself.
I always got good grades in creative writing from elementary school on up.
Certain pitches you throw, they lay off them like they knew it was coming.
I've waited a long time to be part of a franchise like this [the Yankees].
I love being a Yankee, and it's hard not to. It's a special place to play.
People have been calling us, guys on other teams, a few of the other Twins
I've gotten to visit all the parks and put my name inside the Fenway wall.
The greatest thing I ever saw was Roger Maris breaking Babe Ruth's record.
I don't want to just be the best player. I want to be a great person, too.
When I do something, I don't want to be second best. That's the right way.
It's Mother's Day, so a big 'Happy Birthday' to all you mothers out there!
It was a hard time. It was something I would love to erase from my memory.
This is Rickey calling on behalf of Rickey. Rickey wants to play baseball.
Why does everyone talk about the past? All that counts is tomorrow's game.
2010 was my best season so far but I think I can get better at everything.
I don't just want to play in the playoffs. I want to win the World Series.
You have to have a lot of little boy in you to play baseball for a living.
I think I can still go out there and compete, and compete at a high level.
Nobody ever asks a father how he manages to combine marriage and a career.
Since baseball is my favorite sport, it's easy to go out and do what I do.
When we lose, I eat. When we win, I eat. I also eat when we're rained out.
Raise your limits as high as you dare and then take them a little further.
My faith is what makes me strong. Without faith, there are only low times.
The American boy starts swinging the bat about as soon as he can lift one.
But I'm still not 100% convinced that Roger Clemens took steroids. I'm not.
Baseball is simply my platform to elevate Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior.
I never think Im going to make a double play in the outfield. But I did it.
Anytime you put your mind on the results, you lose something in the moment.
I spent so many years shuffled around. I'm used to it and can deal with it.
Two grand slams in a week - man, that's seven or eight ribbies right there.