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If the World Series was on the line and I could pick one pitcher to pitch the game, I'd choose Whitey Ford every time.
Weak arms don't cause you to lose games. When you hit, be sure to get on base. Then no one will care about a weak arm.
I always feel pressure. What I don't have is fear. But pressure, there always is, and whoever says otherwise is lying.
My brother never got an opportunity to throw a pitch, and I didn't want the same thing to happen to another young kid.
I played with 11 Hall of Famers and played against 52 Hall of Famers, and I don't know any of them linked to steroids.
When you feel neglected, think of the female salmon, who lays 3,000,000 eggs but no one remembers her on Mother's Day.
When a husband says, "I run things in my home" he may mean the washing machine, the dishwasher and the vacuum cleaner.
Mark McGwire is thirty-four years old. I'm twenty-nine. He's probably a little bit tired and I'm just having some fun.
I hope I haven't maxed out, because I'm not satisfied. I hope I can be a better ball player, and I hope I'm on my way.
I could always hit. I learned to hit with a broomstick and a ball of tape and I could always get that bat on the ball.
I've never used one word of profanity in front of my wife, or my daughter, or my granddaughter or anybody else's wife.
I try not to have personal goals. Personal numbers is a mind-set. The only numbers I care about are in the win column.
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.
Fans tend to get too excited by streaks of either kind and I think the press does too. There should be a happy medium.
I wanted to play for the New York Yankees. That was the bottom line. I wanted to be there and play in that new stadium.
Career highlights? I had two - I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax and I got out of a rundown against the Mets.
When you are away from the game and busy with other areas, you realize that the world does not revolve around baseball.
When things happen to you in the worst way, you live with it, you go over it, you think, 'What else could I have done?'
I definitely care. I'm very competitive, but I am satisfied with my delivery and that I only missed with a few pitches.
I'd rather stay away from the limelight. Not because I'm trying to be a good boy and all that stuff. I just love quiet.
If I put my name on something, I'm going to be involved. I'm not just going to put my name on it and not pay attention.
My own little rule was two for one. If one of my teammates got knocked down, then I knocked down two on the other team.
The pitcher has to find out if the hitter is timid. And if the hitter is timid, he has to remind the hitter he's timid.
Even today, if the Royals win six games all year, if they're going to go 6-156, I hope they beat the Yankees six times.
I take golf trips with my brother or with friends. We usually go to Pebble or Bandon Dunes. One year we went to Hawaii.
Falling in love is a subtle process, a connection sparked by attraction, tested by compatibility, and forged by memory.
The secret to keeping winning streaks going is to maximize the victories while at the same time minimizing the defeats.
You will only find the happiness you seek when you drop your negative attitude towards life, embrace life and be happy.
If you never tasted a bad apple, you would not appreciate a good apple. You have to experience life to understand life.
There is no need to drag yourself through life, let go of the struggle & give yourself the time & love to find balance.
When you have a wonderful mother-in-law who takes sides with you in squabbles with her own daughter - that's something.
I had dreamed about being a college coach for a long time, but with no education, I never thought I would get a chance.
You can never pat yourself on the back during the season. Then you get complacent, stop working and let yourself slide.
Second base is anything but magic. If it's anything at all, it's speed, sureness with your hands and lots of hard work.
Everybody makes mistakes. You have to be careful when you make your mistakes. Now is not a good time to make a mistake.
I had the opportunity to go with some other teams. But I didn't consider those teams to be contenders, and I was right.
If baseball wants to get you, they've got enough resources and enough investigators that they'll find a way to get you.
There is no doubt that because I am a switch hitter I have one of the best offensive advantages that a hitter can have.
I am stronger than I thought I was. My favorite phrase has been 'This too shall pass.' I now understand it really well.
My feeling is that when you're managing a baseball team, you have to pick the right people to play and then pray a lot.
There are things about some professional athletes that I cannot stand-the pretense, the egos, the pomposity, the greed.
Think. Don't just swing. Think about the pitcher, what he threw you last time up, his best pitch, who's up next. Think.
I hope somebody hits .400 soon. Then people can start pestering that guy with questions about the last guy to hit .400.
I'm focused on myself and on what I've got to do...I'm just trying to get back on track and keep this positive mindset.
I have observed that baseball is not unlike war, and when you get right down to it, we batters are the heavy artillery.
I never even thought about playing professionally. I didn't think that was a possibility for a little kid from Illinois.
I used to play golf with a guy who cheated so badly that he once had a hole in one and wrote down zero on the scorecard.
You throw batting practice, you warm up pitchers, you sit and cheer. You do whatever you have to do to stay on the team.
I bet that the best thing about being a hermaphrodite is that you always get to use the bathroom with the shortest line.
Good luck is what is left over after intelligence and effort have combined at their best. Luck is the residue of design.