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Sometimes the hitter get a hit, sometimes I strike them out, but in niether case does anyone die.
If the guy that writes you checks says cut your hair, off to the barber shop you go. That's that.
To all the kids out there: Follow your dream. Believe in your dream. Because dreams do come true.
Youth is when you think you'll live forever. Old age is when you wonder how you've lived so long.
I'll never forgive myself. We might have gotten rid of Willie forever if I'd only struck him out.
Unfortunately, inner feelings and potential are often stunted by our parents, relatives or peers.
You only have a few years to play this game and you can't play it if you're all tied up in knots.
Sometimes my arm wants to throw a hard fastball, but my brain doesn't want to throw it that hard.
Servile doubt argues an impotence of mind, that says we fear because we dare not meet misfortunes.
We're all responsible. I'm the leader, the captain of the ship, and I have to take responsibility.
Whatever happens at the end of the day, as long as I glorify His name, that's what it's all about.
Who is richer? The man who is seen, but cannot see? Or the man who is not being seen, but can see?
Outfield to infield is the most jarring because in the outfield, you have much more time to throw.
I'll play out the string and leave baseball without a tear. A man can't play games his whole life.
I loved the game - I loved the competition. But I never had any fun. All hard work - all the time.
My goal is to win. It doesn't matter how I do. I want to do well, but I just want the team to win.
What drew me to both study and activism was the formative experience of the civil rights movement.
Most of my friends are people I've known since I was a kid. I don't have an entourage or anything.
You can't get more appreciation than that, to be elected by the fans. That's the ultimate, really.
A creative person respects the creative spark in other individual men, and in all men (and women).
I came to the Braves on business, and I intended to see that business was good as long as I could.
I know what to do when they give me the ball. I know what to do to give this team a chance to win.
A catcher and his body are like the outlaw and his horse. He's got to ride that nag till it drops.
If I see a problem (in the clubhouse), I say something right away. I don't wait two or three days.
I don't like golf. That's too boring for me. I need something with more energy and more enjoyable.
But when I stopped facing Sandy, I had to face Don Drysdale. No one on my team wanted to face him.
Playing shortstop is 75 to 80 percent anticipation, knowing the hitter and the pitch being thrown.
When you're a winner you're always happy, but if you're happy as a loser you'll always be a loser.
When you're winning the grass is greener, the cigars are sweeter and the girls are better looking!
I don't think I've shied away from anybody. I'm not scared. I respect hitters, but I'm not afraid.
When you can celebrate with your teammates on just a major accomplishment, there's nothing better.
Every single pitcher is making changes every single start. You can talk to any pitcher about this.
I don't know why Roger (Maris) isn't in the hall of fame. To me, he was as good as there ever was.
I think anybody who saw him will tell you that Willie Mays was the greatest player who ever lived.
You know it as soon as you walk in Yankee Stadium. The electricity is there every time, every day.
Some players you pat their butts, some players you kick their butts, some players you leave alone.
My life was on the line here and my career and everything I worked for, it was hanging by a thread
Any time I've taken the mound, it's always been the old Samson-and-Goliath story written about me.
A critic once characterized baseball as six minutes of action crammed into two-and-one-half hours.
I couldn't accept the racial epithets in reference to players like Elliott Maddox or Billy Sample.
The kid doesn't chew tobacco, smoke, drink, curse or chase broads. I don't see how he can make it.
Some plays just come out of me, just on instincts. I'll make a play and wonder, How did I do that?
The trouble with having a wired jaw is that you can never tell when you're sleepy. You can't yawn.
Competing in sports has taught me that if I'm not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else will.
I want to be a homer. I'm getting paid for something that I love to do. I would do it for nothing.
I never want to quit playing ball. They'll have to cut this uniform off of me to get me out of it.
I don't generally like running. I believe in training by rising gently up and down from the bench.
I learned to hit with a broomstick and a ball of tape and I could always get that bat on the ball.
My God, look at the words people use today. They use profanity like it's nothing. Christ almighty.
Even when you have three strikes, you're still not out. There is always something else you can do.