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Love is supposed to bring you peace and happiness. If you are not feeling this in a relationship, you are living an illusion.
The more you try to control something, the more it controls you. Free yourself, and let things take their own natural course.
You must let life flow naturally, for life’s secret is patience; you must stop pushing for change and allow things to unfold.
If I had been busted for drugs instead of gambling, I'd still be managing the Reds and baseball would be paying for my rehab.
It looked like a ballpark. It smelled like a ballpark. It had a feeling and a heartbeat, a personality that was all baseball.
No player in baseball history worked harder, suffered more, or did it better than Andre Dawson. He's the best I've ever seen.
Im a huge advocate of pitching. You have to have good pitching as the solid core, the foundation. It keeps you in every game.
It's easy to figure out whether you're getting stale. All you've got to do is look in the mirror and be honest with yourself.
Throwing a knuckleball for a strike is like throwing a butterfly with hiccups across the street into your neighbor's mailbox.
If something happens to me tomorrow, I'm going to go to Heaven, and that's for sure because God's promised to us in the Bible.
My kids used to do things to aggravate me, too. I'd take them to a game, and they'd want to come home with a different player.
I recently read that Arnold Schwarzenegger collects Hummers. Now we know why Maria's face is frozen in that puckered position.
A manager uses a relief pitcher like a six shooter, he fires until it's empty then takes the gun and throws it at the villain.
Any player that says they don't want to go to an All-Star Game is lying to you. It's something everyone wants to be a part of.
You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace.
Everyone has the answer. Everyone has this. You just got to move slowly. You get good little bits of advice and go from there.
The key to pitching is to have the ability to throw a strike when they're taking and throw a ball when the hitter is swinging.
Life is precious and time is a key element. Let's make every moment count and help those who have a greater need than our own.
The power numbers are nice, but I'm most pleased that I've been consistent. Home runs come from having a consistent approach .
I probably didn't put forth the effort I should have put forth, didn't realize the value of education until I went to college.
I can remember a reporter asking me for a quote, and I didn't know what a quote was. I thought it was some kind of soft drink.
When you hear from other players and they're telling you you're the best pitcher in baseball, that makes you feel really good.
I wouldn't mind being a hero to a kid. I grew up idolizing players, so I know how important that is for a lot of younger kids.
Find something good within your life and give every ounce of positivity you have towards it, then watch how your life changes.
When you have walked through the hell of your negative thoughts and survived, no pain on this earth will ever again worry you.
I've seen plenty of ballplayers way better than me, but they didn't have the work ethic. It comes down to how bad you want it.
The only reason I took steroids was for my health purposes. I did not take steroids to get any gain for any strength purposes.
I'm not going to change. I'm not going to start clubbing or going out in limos. I'm laid-back, and I'm going to stay that way.
The Red Sox didn't handle negotiations with any kind of respect for me and my family, and the Rangers were the total opposite.
If I send the ball home, I know what will happen to it. My twin brothers will take it out on the lot, like any 20-cent rocket.
Back in the day when I played, a pitcher had 3 pitches: a fastball, a curveball, a slider, a changeup and a good sinker pitch.
The first couple of years in the minors were tough for me. My numbers were there, but being away from home so young was tough.
I've always been counted out. I've always had people believing I didn't belong. I think that has made me work a little harder.
I think you should have a mindset of getting to the playoffs, because once you get in the playoffs, it is kind of a crapshoot.
It doesn't take much to get me up for baseball. Once the National Anthem plays, I get chills. I even know the words to it now.
Are you tall? Are you strong? How big are your hands? You must be honest with yourself or you will end up using the wrong bat.
Don't quote me on this, but if they ever manage to ban beer advertising in baseball you can kiss the national pastime goodbye.
I don't know how old I am because a goat ate the Bible that had my birth certificate in it. The goat lived to be twenty-seven.
I threw all my pitches over the top which was important for me because my slider was hard to tell from my fastball at release.
I'm a huge advocate of pitching. You have to have good pitching as the solid core, the foundation. It keeps you in every game.
To me, there is no more conscientious umpire in the Major Leagues than Jim Joyce. He gives you a hellacious effort every time.
Every big leaguer and his wife should teach their children to pray, God bless Mommy, God bless Daddy, and God bless Babe Ruth.
I don't really look at myself as a power hitter. I look at myself as someone who drives the ball to the gaps, hits line drives.
You know, I was once named Minor League Player of the Year...unfortunately, I had been in the majors for two years at the time.
In my mind, I never doubted whether I was going to achieve what I wanted to do. I just had to decide what it is I wanted to do.
It helps to be stupid if you're a relief pitcher. Relievers had to get into a zone of their own. I just hope I'm stupid enough.
The one thing I always said to myself was that when baseball started to feel more like a job, it would be time to move forward.
You got the ball in your hands and you're in command, and if you get your good pitch where you want it, nobody's gonna hit you.
I love Denver. There's not a better place to hit, better place to play. I'm a West Coast guy, so I like playing in the NL West.
I would love to try to win another game. Obviously, it's more fun when you win. I'd rather try and not win than not try at all.