Consistency is what counts; you have to be able to do things over and over again.

I can't recall a day this year or last when I did not hear the name of Babe Ruth.

The Cards lead the Dodgers 4-2 after one inning and that one hasn't even started.

Lots of people look up to Billy Martin. That's because he just knocked them down.

There's a big difference between seeing an opportunity and seizing an opportunity

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After I got that hit off Satchel (Paige), I knew I was ready for the big leagues.

It frustrates me if I'm not good at something, so I do it until I get good at it.

I'm having fun and I'm not even trying to do much. Everything is coming together.

Some days, you feel like a 22-year-old and some days you feel like a 40-year-old.

I was getting ready way too late and the ball was beating me to the strike zone.?

I was a professional athlete, the best baseball player in the world at one point.

The only way you preserve pitching arms is throwing; that makes the arm stronger.

I was never nervous when I had the ball, but when I let go I was scared to death.

If you want to maximize your total potential ... you have to know yourself first.

There's nothing like Opening Day in Dodger Stadium. You can't really describe it.

When I was 18, graduating high school, I was going to the University of Missouri.

Watch the old man. Watch how the old man keeps the guys who aren't playing happy.

They should have come out of the dugout on tippy-toes, holding hands and singing.

By day each soul must walk within its shadow. Only night can make us whole again.

If the shortstop makes an error, I am responsible. I let the batter hit the ball.

No matter how many times you say you're sorry, somebody is not going to hear you.

If you look at some of the people in the Hall of Fame, my numbers are compatible.

Half of all home accidents happen in the kitchen, and the family has to eat them.

When they treat you bad, you just got to take care of your pride, no matter what.

If you don't love the Dodgers, there's a good chance you may not get into Heaven.

You can be stupid once, but idiotic to do it again. I'll settle for being stupid.

I go out every day and try to play great defense. I know my hitting will improve.

Really, I think the biggest thing is just playing your game and doing what you do.

I've played almost 22 years in the major leagues, and I've never sat on the bench.

Injuries are injuries, everybody has them. You play with it. I don't make excuses.

Young players need to know how to take care of themselves for life after baseball.

When I got to the stadium, one of my biggest things was watching video of hitters.

I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.

People in New England think that the Red Sox won that series, three games to four.

Any time first time out, you just want to make sure you can get hitters out again.

I came back after my surgery, throwing four to six miles harder than I did before.

I've helped create over 400 jobs in the worst economy of my lifetime. That's cool.

Playing baseball is not real life. It's a fantasy world... It's a dream come true.

I don't want to give people the impression that I'm an almost perfect human being.

When I throw a curve that hangs and it goes for a hit, I want to chew up my glove.

You know you're pitching well when the batters look as bad as you do at the plate.

The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.

Every time I fail to smoke a cigarette between innings, the opposition will score.

Modern man drives a mortgaged car over a bond-financed highway on credit-card gas.

I never smile when I have a bat in my hands. That's when you've got to be serious.

I don't want people to forget Babe Ruth. I just want them to remember Henry Aaron.

Last year, I was sort of a kid and I was a little scared, I ain't scared any more.

I don't have pressure on me. I just put pressure on myself to play hard every day.

You never ask why you've been fired because if you do, they're liable to tell you.

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