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I don't think there's any honor bigger than going to your Hall of Fame for your sport.
We were so poor when I was a kid that I had a sister who was stamped, 'Made In Japan.'
I don't want anybody to panic. I'm not pitching. I'm just throwing out the first ball.
The other deals with my life and my livelihood and my family and all that I stand for.
The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play.
I don't want to be one of those great players who never made it to the (World) Series.
They say you have to be good to be lucky, but I think you have to be lucky to be good.
I couldn't ask for better teammates, and the Pirate fans are the greatest in baseball.
Every time I toe the rubber, it's no different for me than it was in the World Series.
It's a business. If I could make more money down in the zinc mines I'd be mining zinc.
The first time I saw Werth in a Nationals uniform, it was like, 'Dude, this is weird'.
I had to prepare physically every day, and I didn't leave many scraps for the writers.
If you have a bad day in baseball, and start thinking about it, you will have 10 more.
I have not broken the laws of the United States or the laws of the Dominican Republic.
I have no hesitation to say that St. Louis is a great place in which to live and work.
The Cleveland Cavaliers just offered me a full-time job and a house! A house! A house!
The thing most people don't understand is that pitching isn't the same every time out.
The only Angels in Los Angeles are in Heaven, and they're looking down on the Dodgers.
You get an opportunity to do something for your country, you better get out and do it.
I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest me. I had a fire in my belly.
I regret to this day that I never went to college. I feel I should have been a doctor.
I've been called one of the hardest bargainers who ever held out, and I'm proud of it.
Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere.
Mike Trout. Jose Ramírez. Mookie Betts. All these guys walk, and they swing at strikes.
What I found is that experience in the World Series made me connect more with the fans.
Eventually, my W-2 income will wind down, and my investments can actually make that up.
I only have one superstition: I make sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.
I love baseball history, and Wrigley Field is as good as it gets when it comes to that.
Don't be afraid to take risks. Make the most of your journey. Make it fun and exciting.
When he asked if I would like to try second base, I thought, Hey, get me in the lineup.
They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but I find it's often in huge tits, too.
Fundamentals in the gaming sector remained relatively healthy during the first quarter.
I've been blessed with plenty of ability. It's just not as easily noticed as some guys.
I'm always flattered when someone thinks of me as a potential commissioner of baseball.
If you hit, they're going to like you. If you don't hit, they're not going to like you.
Im not sure which is more insulting, being offered in a trade or having it turned down.
Trust me, I have never written a speech in my life, and if I have my way, I never will.
Our fielders have to catch a lot of balls, or at least deflect them to someone who can.
I’m always looking to improve. And every year I want to do better than the year before.
A lot of teams, I think, are just happy to make the post-season. Here, you have to win.
I've done enough wrong on my own, I don't want to get blamed for something I didn't do.
I had a successful career: not necessarily a Hall of Fame career, but a successful one.
It's a kind of philosophy of my own life, to create the energy enough to keep on going.
Hitters never showed me up, as hard as I threw. And I was pretty mean out on the mound.
The people in the Upper Midwest were the same kind of people I grew up around in Idaho.
It's better to get a rosebud while you're alive than a whole bouquet after you're dead.
I want to be the first player to show what Japanese batters can do in the major league.
I'm half Native American and half white so I think I can adjust culturally to anything.
If on-base percentage is so important, then why don't they put it up on the scoreboard?
I prided myself on working as hard as I could, trying to overcome a learning diability.