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The best teams have chemistry. They communicate with each other and they sacrifice personal glory for a common goal.
I showed people that it's not about guessing what people can do. It's about saying, 'Here, show me what you can do.'
You can't say that being a fan is more serious, because players are trying to do better in order to get paid better.
If I can't hit at a high level, I won't play, and I know there comes a point where my body won't be able to do that.
I don't ever want to be where I can't just walk into a mall and do what I want without a crowd coming up a round me.
Surround yourself with good people. People who are going to be honest with you and look out for your best interests.
One night in Pittsburgh, thirty-thousand fans gave me a standing ovation when I caught a hot dog wrapper on the fly.
Isn't it a shame that future generations can't be here to see all the wonderful things we're doing with their money?
It's true that in Cuba there are double standards, there's opportunism, and there is a lack of freedom in some ways.
You have to bear in mind that Mr. Autry's favorite horse was named Champion. He ain't ever had one called Runner Up.
There should be a new way to record standings in this league; one column for wins, one for losses and one for gifts.
If you are content with yourself, you'll stop taking those little steps forward and begin taking big steps backward.
As long as the ball is thrown by a human being, I have the confidence to hit any pitch, no matter how fast it comes.
Many people resented my impatience and honesty, but I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.
In my opinion, baseball is as big a business as anything there is. It has to be a business, the way it is conducted.
I love catching, being involved in every pitch of the game; obviously, it beats you up both mentally and physically.
It's good to be compared with Randy Johnson, and it's wonderful to be compared to all the best pitchers in the game.
Sportsmanship and easygoing methods are all right, but it is the prospect of a hot fight that brings out the crowds.
My biggest moment was winning the World Series because everyone in my town was able to feel he was a world champion.
I go out and play not for the numbers, but for a chance to win and the thrill of playing in front of a packed crowd.
Pitching in the Olympic Games, Pan Am Games and Central American games prepared me to pitch at the big-league level.
Life is a daily cleansing. Negativity must be washed away, if you wish to attract positive experiences to your life.
Your bat is your life. It's your weapon. You don't want to go into battle with anything that feels less than perfect
It's an honor to be playing with these four players and to be a part of their fifth World Series title and my first.
I've been traded a couple times, but I've enjoyed the experience of new cities and cultures and all types of things.
Fenway Park is a fun place to pitch in. You've got 38,000 fans all cheering against you. It's an intense atmosphere.
I've never really considered myself a home run hitter. Mostly I'm a guy who hits into the gaps for a lot of doubles.
Halloween wraps fear in innocence, as though it were a lightly sour sweet. Let terror, then, be turned into a treat.
You don't face Nolan Ryan without your rest. He's the only guy I go against that makes me go to bed before midnight.
Ken Holtzman could pitch a game in ninety minutes. Wouldn't throw a breaking ball. And he had a great breaking ball.
Once you leave the minor leagues, you want to not come back. But it's the path that I'm on, the journey that I'm on.
I just appreciated so much the contract they gave me, and I wanted to give something back to the Cubs' organization.
There were a lot of players who worked just as hard as I did, and if you didn't, you didn't stay in the big leagues.
There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher.
I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me, but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch.
You're not allowed to write about me if you haven't seen 'The Shawshank Redemption.' See it and then get back to me.
The man with but one idea in his head is sure to exaggerate that to top-heaviness, and thus he loses his equilibrium.
I feel really good in the box when I get an AB in the first inning. I feel like it just starts the day the right way.
If you really think about it, the stadium can't last forever. There is going to have to come a time when it replaces.
Saying you're a Christian shouldn't turn people off. You should love people well and that's Jesus' first commandment!
I had three jobs my junior and senior year of high school. I worked for the gas station and worked for a pizza place.
More often than not, what you open, unwrap and install on your hard drive is not what you were told you were getting.
I think the changeup has become more popular recently by pitchers like Pedro Martinez and the success he had with it.
Whether you have a great game or a terrible game, tomorrow's another day and you've got to come out here and compete.
The brilliant thing about baseball is you're never really out of it - things can turn around in this game so quickly.
I need to be more under control. I need to calm down a little bit so I can cut down on the little silly errors I get.
My dad had been shortstop when he was in college, and you know, when you're a kid, you want to be just like your dad.
Yankee Stadium is my favorite stadium; I'm not going to lie to you. There's a certain feel you get in Yankee Stadium.
I get nervous watching teammates. I get nervous for them. Late in the game, pressure situation, I'm nervous for them.
Isn't it odd? A guy bats .301 and has 35 homers. Then everybody starts to tell him what a good fielder he has become.