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I am not a dumb animal to be browbeaten, cowed, lashed, coerced or goaded into anything I do not think is right.
My only goal is to play 162 games and help this team win. If I can do that, everything will take care of itself.
I like it when every pitch counts. There are a lot of people who see it as a negative, but I try to feed off it.
I think there is a lot of good in making the All-Star Team. People look at your career a little bit differently.
It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.
I think what separates a superstar from the average ballplayer is that he concentrates just a little bit longer.
The old Dodgers were something special, but of my teammates overall, there was nobody like Pee Wee Reese for me.
I tell you what. 85 percent of the sportswriters think I'm stupid or a clown or something. They think I'm crazy.
I think that a starting pitcher has to do something special to be as valuable or more so than a position player.
You are inferior to no one. others may treat you that way, but that is their problem. You are above all of this.
Never underestimate your own strength. You were born for a purpose and are blessed with the power to achieve it.
Do not worry about the past or the future. This moment needs your attention, for this is where your life exists.
Respect yourself and others will follow suit. Most people will not treat you any better than you treat yourself.
Gun control means control. It means control for the government and the government starts controlling the people.
My first postseason home run was a walk-off in the Division Series. That was just a special moment in my career.
If I got hurt or anything, I was going to need a college degree. Nothing was going to stop me from getting that.
Push yourself every single day to continue to work at yourself. And I feel like that's the reason why I made it.
You never have to wait long, or look far, to be reminded of how thin the line is between being a hero or a goat.
My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is to practice, and then practice some more.
No player or manager has greater respect for the umpires than I do, and I have demonstrated that over the years.
My goal is not to create a better baseball player but to create a superhuman that just happens to play baseball.
I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it.
There never was a man on earth who pitched as much as me. But the more I pitched, the stronger my arm would get.
Always wanted to be a Major League player. Loved baseball. Followed it. Loved to play. Plus, I could always hit.
Bobby Cox had the biggest influence in my career and probably the second- or third-biggest influence in my life.
Listen, if you start worrying about the people in the stands, before too long you're up in the stands with them.
Sometimes I get so pumped up, I get a headache. I get woozy. I get dizzy. I like that feeling, I don't know why.
It's nice when you put in a lot of hard work and you're recognized and a few people appreciate what you've done.
I tried to use batting gloves at the beginning of every spring training up until 1999. It just didn't feel good.
If my life depended on it - if my daughter's life depended on it - I'd want Mariano Rivera closing. Wouldn't you?
I don't expect people to feel sorry for me. My teammates get more upset about the criticism and booing than I do.
You want to represent Christ well with doing you job, first and foremost, because that's what you're there to do.
The most important thing is that we're impacting people for the Kingdom of Jesus Christ... that's why we're here.
The problem with being Comeback Player of the Year is it means you have to go somewhere before you can come back.
I think I can play in the big leagues 10 or 15 years. But more important to me is winning-win, make the playoffs.
All I really try to do is whatever hitter gets in there, I just try to get him out in as few pitches as possible.
I'm a good person. I don't wish hateful things on people. I don't hate anybody. I know that I treat people right.
I'm very confident in what I do, but I'd like to think I don't ever show any kind of cockiness or overconfidence.
I think it comes easy to work hard. I was always taught, don't short-change yourself. Keep working to get better.
I don't think, in all the years I managed them, I ever spoke more than thirty words to Frank and Brooks Robinson.
In Cuba and specifically in Havana there's a sort of energy that turns every situation into something unexpected.
You just can't wake up out of bed and think you can figure out a gym. You definitely need some personal training.
My stuff was all right, but it's not about pitching good. It's about winning. I pitched just good enough to lose.
Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is 80% of being a successful hitter. The other 20% is just execution.
Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead.
The first pitch to Tucker Ashford is grounded into left field. No, wait a minute. It's ball one. Low and outside.
The last time Pena faced the Padres, the Dodgers scratched for a run to tie the game and then went on to win 4-0.
We all make mistakes and sometimes you say things and you really don't realize what you're saying at that moment.
When you're aggressive behind the plate, calling a game, that's when you're at your best. You can't be tentative.
I don't sit around and read papers about myself. If I see myself on TV, if I don't like it, I change the channel.