Baseball is the only sport I know that when you're on offense, the other team controls the ball.

I may not get a hit, but you'll see me playing hard. You see my outs, they will be quality outs.

Life is precious, do not waste it doing anything that your heart does not respect or agree with.

A pitching coach is a manager's best friend. He's handling 12 out of the 25 players on the team.

If we lose today, it will be over my dead body. They'll have to leave me face down on the mound.

Why do people want to know what I think? I like to play the game. I don't like to give opinions.

Toughest [lineup] I've faced. Hopefully, if it comes down to the playoffs, I can get my revenge.

You're going to have to go out there and throw tons of zeroes to give your team a chance to win.

I hope I can always be counted on to get a hit or get a guy in-to be an even keel in the lineup.

If you have someone equal in ability to me I will beat him every time because I will try harder.

Don Gullett's the only guy who can throw a baseball through a car wash and not get the ball wet.

Day after day there are lots of fans here and it helps a lot with them out there rooting for us.

You can play football and be the next Jim Brown or play baseball and be the next Reggie Jackson.

People who write about spring training not being necessary have never tried to throw a baseball.

The only way I'd worry about the weather is if it snows on our side of the field and not theirs.

I've been streaky throughout my career, but I've been trying to become a more consistent hitter.

I don't think about how many people are watching me. I'm just happy to play baseball for myself.

Birth is a shadow. Courage, self-sustained, outlords succession's phlegm, and needs no ancestors.

Life doesn't always go the way you planned it to go. Sometimes you have detours you have to take.

Ted Williams was the greatest hitter I ever saw, but DiMaggio was the greatest all around player.

Today NBC makes certain content available online and I can't imagine we will change that process.

Stubbornness usually is considered a negative; but I think that trait has been a positive for me.

You know, the other day I gave all of my old Angels gear to Goodwill...and Goodwill gave it back.

For me, I tend to sit back sometimes and just count my blessings because of how long I've played.

Before I pitch any game, from spring training to Game 7 of the World Series, I'm scared to death.

Strikes (1981) are real life. It took up seven weeks of real time. That's a fifth of a pregnancy.

My heroes, my dreams, and my future lay in Yankee Stadium. And they can't take that away from me.

I think when things linger, that's when they become a distraction. I don't want any distractions.

Coaches are an integral part of any manager's team, especially if they are good pinochle players.

The key step for an infielder is the first one, to the left or right, but before the ball is hit.

It's the best feeling in the world . The game's on the line, and you're the guy in the spotlight.

At the Home Run Derby, you're expected to hit home runs. You're up there trying to hit home runs.

When your team scores one run, it's common sense that you have to hold the other team to no runs.

You didn't have to say it was gone. It was gone before it got outta here. It was going that fast.

If Kona were to get a new logo, it would have to be a original character, not some well know one.

I played my best everyday. You never know when someone may be seeing you play for the first time.

I've seldom seen a horny player walk into a bar and not let out exactly what he did for a living.

I'm a lot older. I'm wiser. I know what to do now, and hopefully, I don't get in (anybody's) way.

Any strikeout record worth having is in a Texas pitcher's pocket. I might come join them one day.

We are all so close. We are godfather to each others' kids. I was the best man at Jesus' wedding.

I came up as a number 2 hitter. My first year I hit 16 homers, and I was like, Whoa, I'm rollin'!

It all begins and ends in your mind. What you give power to, has power over you, if you allow it.

The fastball is the best pitch in baseball. It's like having five pitches, if you move it around.

I know it's tough. Everybody in baseball knows its tough. I'm just going to give it my best shot.

I mean, it's unheard of for somebody to hit 70 home runs, so I'm like in awe of myself right now.

I have confidence that whatever I set in my mind will happen. Everything I strived for I reached.

There's no question that I love playing in Texas. I love the fans. I love everything about Texas.

Being from Baltimore, I'm a crab cake snob, and I'm very particular on where I eat my crab cakes.

As a kid, I had this ultimate goal to be a teacher. I wanted to be a history teacher like my dad.

On Halloween, witches come true; Wild ghosts escape from dreams. Each monster dances in the park.

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