I don't have faith in the Internet, I have faith in people connected through the Internet.

Imagine what else is true if you understood there is nothing fundamentally wrong with you.

I asked my doctor how many more years I have left and he said, 'You're too ornery to die.'

I hate striking out, doesn't matter what time of the game. I just don't like striking out.

The biggest thing I want is for the hitter coming up behind me to get a good pitch to hit.

My father knows me better than anyone. He can tell me over the phone what I'm doing wrong.

The fans love the home runs, the home run competition between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa.

I am a human being. I have anxiety. I have doubts. And I'm not afraid to put it out there.

Don't worry about what the people say; be yourself, say what you want to say WITH respect.

You can't get too caught up in trying to pitch a complete game, because that's hard to do.

If you look at it long-term, I think eventually there will be a DH in the National League.

You don't have to talk to me about pensions. I won't be around long enough to collect one.

The only thing I can do is play baseball. I have to play ball. It's the only thing I know.

It looked like Roy Rogers rode through on Trigger, and Trigger kicked the guy in the face.

The fans have been great with me. I think they appreciate that I don't take an at-bat off.

Everybody in St. Louis, every kid in St. Louis, wanted to be Stan Musial. He was the best.

No curfew. I live in the basement. I got everything I need. Home cooking ... it's awesome.

Don't just expect the scouts to find you. Go to camps, clinics and make sure you are seen.

You know what they say about Chicago. If you don't like the weather, wait fifteen minutes.

The only good thing about playing in Cleveland is you don't have to make road trips there.

A lot of people say this honor validates my career, but I didn't work hard for validation.

There is a lot to managing, and with almost four years under my belt, I believe I'm ready.

I try to figure my adjusted gross income, but no matter how I figure it, it's still gross.

But I would say basically, I would just like to be remembered for what I did on the field.

The hardest thing to do in baseball is to hit a round baseball with a round bat, squarely.

I think the game is so mental. If you sit around and you're mentally strong, you're ready.

I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf. (When asked whether he preferred grass or Astroturf

I'm probably the only guy who worked for (Casey) Stengel before and after he was a genius.

I learned to play (baseball) on the streets in the Dominican Republic when I was 8 yrs old.

I believe a champion wins in his mind first, then plays the game, not the other way around.

Certainly, you're not going to able to go and pull a Mark Mulder out of your hat somewhere.

Sympathy is something that shouldn't be bestowed on the Yankees. Apparently it angers them.

The ability to communicate with everybody, regardless of who are you are, is a great thing.

Not everybody will become a baseball star and not everybody will make the money I'm making.

I might say something in Spanish; it all depends on how I'm feeling, what the situation is.

I had an opportunity with Baltimore to make it to the World Series, and that didn't happen.

Fill in any figure you want for that boy (Mickey Mantle). Whatever the figure, it's a deal.

The older pitcher acquires confidence in his ballclub. He doesn't try to do it all himself.

I just try to go out and play as hard as I can and let the results take care of themselves.

Anything less would not have been worthy of me. Anything more would not have been possible.

In this I-me society, my job is to get people to buy into something bigger than themselves.

The Rockies and Diamondbacks are both very exciting teams who are fighting for recognition.

You can shake a dozen glove men out of a tree, but the bat separates the men from the boys.

Joe Torre would tell you to make sure you can hit the ball on the outside part of the plate

I can't stand by and allow tens of thousands of innocent people to be slaughtered for lies.

My timing’s a little off. But I’m about to get hotter than Jamaica in the middle of August.

I don't care how much I'm talked about or hyped. It's still up to me to go out and perform.

Sooner or later you learn that you belong in the big leagues, and that makes you calm down.

You know what I want to do? Wake up one weekend and not have to go anywhere and do nothing.

I'm not the manager because I'm always right, but I'm always right because I'm the manager.

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