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People are too hung up on winning. I can get off on a really good helmet throw.
In the end of the day, I feel pretty good about the contributions you can make.
Carrots might be good for my eyes, but they won't straighten out the curveball.
I'm a human being I'm not a piece of property. I am not a consignment of goods.
Whether I'm hitting .100 or .300, I have resolved to at least enjoy every game.
Maybe I am naive about certain things. But I'm glad. I know all I want to know.
If you let your hitting bother your defense, you are not going to be very good.
Tony knew me both as an athlete and as a person. He cared for me like a father.
I always have tried to treat people with respect, the way I want to be treated.
I throw the ball as hard as ever, but it just takes longer to get to the plate.
I don't believe for one second that the eye surgery has helped me on the mound.
I like things that other people don't have. I like to be different from others.
Punk music is perfect for me because I'm not, like, a master at any instrument.
There's certain people that you owe it to, for the things they've done for you.
Don't take anything for granted, because tomorrow is not promised to any of us.
I talked to the ball a lot of times in my career. I yelled, "Go foul. Go foul."
You could buy 100 lottery tickets and not win, or you could buy one and get it.
Baseball was just the avenue that the Lord used so I can provide for my family.
You don't know that you'll ever have to talk about the skeleton in your closet.
I'm not worried about good numbers or bad numbers. You worry about the process.
The thing I really liked about Mickey was the way he treated everyone the same.
I feel like the same person, but I feel as if I need to work twice as much now.
Every day, you got to do adjustments. Every pitch. You got to do what it takes.
I'm just like everybody else. I have two arms, two legs and four-thousand hits.
Baseball is a universal language. Catch the ball, throw the ball, hit the ball.
When you step into the batter's box, have nothing on your mind except baseball.
The only way I can't hit .300 is if there's something physically wrong with me.
They haven't given too many gamblers a second chances in the world of baseball.
Jose DeLeon on his career has seventy-three wins and one-hundred and five RBIs.
Be careful who you share your dreams with; not everyone shares your enthusiasm.
The reason I'm a Yankee is that George Steinbrenner out hustled everybody else.
If they're going to pay me like [Mike] Gallego, I'm going to play like Gallego.
Everybody kind of perceives me as being angry. It's not anger, it's motivation.
I would never do it because if I took steroids, I would hit 60 or 70 home runs.
Highways are full of careless drivers who are always too close in front of you.
I'm a baseball player. I'm also a guy who mows his lawn and plays with his dog.
So what I did on the field was the essence of what I am. Remember me like that.
I'm gonna miss playing for my hometown team. Living five minutes down the road.
I'm not sure what the hell charisma is, but I get the feeling it's Willie Mays.
If the Mets can win the World Series, the United States can get out of Vietnam.
There is no set numerical value you can put on a pitcher. Theyre all different.
This journey started about 42 years ago in a little town of Brunswick, Georgia.
When I'm not hitting, I don't hit nobody. But, when I'm hitting, I hit anybody.
Yes, I had to learn how to live life outside, but I had so many people help me.
If we keep continuously putting up good at-bats, the next guy will come through.
We've got to win a championship and bring a World Series trophy back to Chicago.
Life comes down to honesty and doing what's right. That's what's most important.
Why do I have to be an example for your kid? You be an example for your own kid.
I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career - anything for a laugh.
Us ballplayers do things backward. First we play, then we retire and go to work.