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I love jazz and funk, because it's hard. If it's not hard, it's not worth doing.
All good balls to hit are strikes, though not all strikes are good balls to hit.
My parents always felt if I worked hard enough I could make any dream come true.
The Yankees have strict rules. You can have a mustache but no other facial hair.
I want to be a traveling circus in that big-league uniform, like everybody else.
If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.
A vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you've been taking.
I thought the Hall of Fame was for superstars, not just average players like me.
If you want to meet girls, by far the best method is to carry a baby or a puppy.
The worst thing is the day you realize you want to win more than the players do.
The key to beating the Dodgers is to keep them form hugging each other too much.
DeShaies is like a clock out there. Every other pitch goes one way or the other.
A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.
The way to get a ball past (Honus) Wagner is to hit it eight feet over his head.
Every time that I have ever tried to help a woman out, I have been incarcerated.
The only way you preserve pitching arms is throwing that makes the arm stronger.
All I know is that if I continue to pitch well, good things will keep happening.
A man once told me to walk with the Lord. I'd rather walk with the bases loaded.
I couldn't speak enough Spanish. I couldn't make myself understood on that club.
All I'm doing now is extra. I've already did what I am going to do in my career.
You worry about how you're throwing the ball, how you're executing your pitches.
Sometimes I have to try to remind myself that I don't try to strike out hitters.
All of the off-field stuff, I can promise you, it doesn't even register with me.
The biggest thrill I ever had was in 1969, when they held day at Yankee Stadium.
When you've got guys on base, you have to hit. I concentrate on getting it done.
You've got to be flexible. If you want to win, you have to do whatever it takes.
If somebody is gracious enough to give me a second chance, I won't need a third.
The thing I would like most to leave behind is to be remembered for trying hard.
I'm not bad (his speed). I'm no Joe Morgan, but I'm pretty good for a white guy.
It's been a long time since I've been in the playoffs. I want to get back there.
On this special Fathers Day, we'd like to wish all of you a very Happy Birthday.
When you have a chance to take the ball for the world champs, you take the ball.
There's nothing I would do differently, no wishing I had done this or done that.
You've gotta find a way to get out of your own way, so you can progress in life.
There is no set numerical value you can put on a pitcher. They're all different.
Now you have kids that say, 'I wanna be Torii Hunter one day.' Man, I love that.
I'm not really satisfied. I've done all right, but there's room for improvement.
Experience is the worst teacher; it gives the test before presenting the lesson.
Perhaps the truest axiom in baseball is that the toughest thing to do is repeat.
Baseball for me was instinctive, born within me, given to me as a gift from God.
Let shining Charity adorn your zeal, The noblest impulse generous minds can feel.
Always follow your dreams, don't let anyone tell you that you can't be something.
Baseball is the greatest game in the world and deserves the best you can give it.
I don't know what you guys say, but at home, life is way different from baseball.
When I left Tampa Bay, I felt like if my career ended at that point, I'd be okay.
I wouldn't mind seeing someone erase my record of hitting into four triple plays.
Quite frankly, I don't miss standing in the box or standing on the field playing.
You could ask any position player and they'll tell you: pitchers aren't athletes.
Players get a window of opportunity. Quarterbacks, specifically, usually get one.
I don't care if we're out of it or not, if I've got a chance to pitch, I want to.