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The day I got called up to the majors I wasn't feeling well. I had gone out with my friends for 'sodas' the night before.
I'm more of a feel pitcher. If something's wrong, I don't watch a video. I go throw in the bull pen until it feels right.
I didn't go into the Hall of Fame until I was a Hall of Famer. Three times I had been there, I never stepped foot inside.
It is unreasonable [for a father] to expect moral success with [his] children without submitting to the laws of morality.
Plant the seed of positivity into your mind, nourish it daily with love and happiness will flower, as fear begins to die.
Life does not always give you what you want, but if you look closely you will see that it gives what you need for growth.
Leave people to their opinions and judgements. They cannot harm you; it is their understanding that is faulty, not yours.
You cannot expect miracles to happen overnight, be patient, be loving and little by little the change you seek will come.
Take a good look at yourself before you criticise another, for what you see wrong in them, will also be a lesson for you.
I've got a different perception now and it's really enjoyable to be at this point in your life and be able to watch this.
A baseball swing is a very finely tuned instrument. It is repetition, and more repetition, then a little more after that.
Nature is extremely important to me. Which may be just about the only trouble I'll have in New York. I'll miss the trees!
I feel thankful for the Seattle organization and the city. The fans embraced me right away, and I had a great time there.
A lot of people think I just came to this game to make the money and go home. I love this game. I play because I love it.
I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain't never been seen by this generation.
Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.
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 have no trouble with the twelve inches between my elbow and my palm. It's the seven inches between my ears that's bent.
There's more people to ignore in New York or Boston than there are in Milwaukee, but I would still ignore them, probably.
I try to spend as much time as possible with God and my family. That's more important than anything I'm doing in baseball.
I witnessed an MVP firsthand in Jose Altuve. I asked him what he did during the offseason, and he said he trains his core.
In order to be great in this game, you have to be good for a really long time, and to be good, you have to constantly win.
I'm a guy who just wanted to see his name in the lineup everyday. To me, baseball was a passion to the point of obsession.
That's the result of the black cloud on baseball, .. Until it's rid of steroids, people are naturally going to think that.
Who knows how many times I'm going to get to go to the World Series? I know more than anybody how hard it is to get there.
Only a geek would say this, but my first true love was a game called 'Wizardry'; that was the game that hooked me forever.
When you fight you are in a situation where failure can happen. This chance of failure forges your character in many ways.
Defense is something I take pride in. I feel it's just as important as offense. They should have RBIs for defensive plays.
You just get better with age. You learn yourself and the league. I'm starting to understand more about hitting every year.
Saying 'Gesundheit' doesn't really help the common cold - but its about as good as anything the doctors have come up with.
I'm overwhelmed with my own feelings and the feelings I have for all the people who were rooting for us to win this thing.
In my opinion, the best setup guys now have a tougher job than the closers. They pitch more innings, inherit more runners.
I daydream just like everybody else. I just do it with my body facing the field, so everybody thinks I'm paying attention.
I'm not a quitter. All my career, I went through a lot of physical adversity, injuries. It's in my nature to be a battler.
In all my years of play, I never saw an ump deliberately make an unfair decision. They really called them as they saw 'em.
After two years at UCLA, I decided to leave. I was convinced that no amount of education would help a black man get a job.
You walk into the locker room, and you see players with their ripping muscles and stomachs you could wash your clothes in.
Don Cooper is an incredible person. He's not only a great pitching coach, but he's a great human being and a great friend.
Everything has been written. Everybody knows everything about me. There are no secrets. Except the skeletons in my closet.
Nothing goes to waste on the journey of life. Both good and bad experiences shape your mind and heart for what is to come.
One day you will realize that material things mean nothing. All that matters is the well being of the people in your life.
For every positive change you make in your life, something else also changes for the better - it creates a chain reaction.
If you tell yourself something often enough you will start to believe it, that is why you must make self love your mantra.
Do not allow negative experiences to make you bitter. They should make you wiser, and with that wisdom you shall find joy.
If you keep picking a scab it will bleed and never heal. If you keep dragging the pain of the past up, it will never heal.
Drop jealousy and envy, for they make you ugly. Be loving, be accepting, and most of all... be happy just the way you are.
He can run, steal bases, throw, hit for average, and hit with power like I've never seen. Just don't put him at shortstop.
Your first name's white, your second is Hispanic, and your third belongs to a black. No wonder you don't know who you are.
You don't think about the cold weather. I'm just going to go out and play ball, do the best I can, and hope the team wins.
If you're good, you fail seventy percent of the time. You have to be mentally capable of blocking that out and keep going.