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The way I figured it, I was even with baseball and baseball with me. The game had done much for me, and I had done much for it.
I support the truth, that is all there is to it. And if you fall in that category of the truth, you are supported by the truth.
I don't believe in playing just one sport. I believe it results in burnout, and each sport trains your body in a different way.
I knew unless I got stopped I was going to go all the way. I don't know if I can run any faster. I just ran as fast as I could.
I'm going to approach it as trying to do my best, but you can't do everything yourself. That's asking for bad things to happen.
Doesn't matter what people say, doesn't matter what they are going to say about you. You gotta go out there and play your game.
Baseball has done more to move America in the right direction than all of the professional patriots with all their cheap words.
Only God knows why I didn't make it with the Mets, but yes, in a short period of time, I got the opportunity with the Phillies.
I would think if someone connected to steroids made the Hall of Fame, that would enhance my chances of making the Hall of Fame.
I don't want to be like those guys that, two or three years into their contract, they do really good, and then they don't care.
I don't expect any red carpet to the big leagues. If the opportunity comes, then it comes. But I don't think I'm owed anything.
I do my homework. I come to the ballpark, and I relay any message that I need to relay to the players. I get that off my chest.
When you build relationships, you get to share your beliefs. It gives you the opportunity to share your faith with other people.
Out in the field, I feel like I'm flexible enough to where I'm comfortable at different positions, wherever they want to put me.
We've made a lot of strides over the years in making the game better for players to be able to stay healthy and showcase talent.
People don't know this, but I helped the Cardinals win the pennant. I came down with hepatitis. The trainer injected me with it!
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.
When you're pitching, you always have to make continual improvements. You always have to better yourself throughout your career.
Ethnic prejudice has no place in sports, and baseball must recognize that truth if it is to maintain stature as a national game.
Don't worry about your individual numbers. Worry about the team. If the team is successful, each of you will be successful, too.
Whenever we play a really good game, everybody's going to be a hero, and the good part about it is nobody's trying to be a hero.
Individual statistics, plate time and everything tend to come, but the most enjoyment I get out of baseball is actually winning.
I'm very mechanical, so if I have one thing that's going in the wrong direction when I'm hitting, it's hard for me to get a hit.
I like to hit the gym early in the morning. I feel better throughout the day when I get in a workout first thing in the morning.
I try to stay as private as possible; I know that's difficult, especially playing here in New York, but I make an attempt at it.
He (Bill Terry) once hit a ball between my legs so hard that my center-fielder caught it on the fly backing up against the wall.
If you can do it, it ain't braggin'... it's a matter of self-confidence. I got where I did because I wasn't no shrinking violet.
I just want to say I owe the whole reds organization a great deal. Great staff top to bottom and I wish those guys all the best.
I'd like to get to the last game of the World Series at Wrigley Field and hit three homers. That was what I always wanted to do.
The Japanese have a strong tendency to suppress their own feelings. That's the Japanese character. They kill their own emotions.
When people get placed upon a pedestal - when they start chasing after that person on the pedestal - they become mannequin-like.
The strongest thing I put into my body is steak and eggs. I just eat. I'm not a supplement guy. Steroids are not even a thought.
A ball player has to be kept hungry to become a big leaguer. That's why no boy from a rich family has ever made the big leagues.
I didn't fully realize it then, but that was the thing I was most trying to earn playing baseball. Not money. Not glory... Love.
...The evidence that fluoridation of the public water supply at the rate of one part per million is carcinogenic is irrefutable.
I'm merely a baseball player, guys. In the great scheme of things, my thoughts, opinions and attitudes are of little importance.
This is something I dreamed about as a little kid, being back in my hometown (Cincinnati) where I watched so many great players.
A lot of things run through your head when you're going in to relieve in a tight spot. One of them was, "Should I spike myself?"
Tomorrow is a new beginning. Embrace the light of a new day, for you have a fresh chance to begin again, to make life beautiful.
When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so you can have an education and build your body - it's a blessing.
I've always felt that I need to be somebody in the middle of the lineup that's going to drive in runs and come up with big hits.
If I hadn't met those two guys (Billy Martin and Whitey Ford) at the start of my career, I would have lasted another five years.
Your mind has a way of putting limitations on your goals. When you persevere, you develop character. Nobody knows their ceiling.
I'm open to play for anybody that would give me respect, treat me the right way, and actually going to make me feel comfortable.
Hitting is the most important part of the game. It is where the big money is, where much of the status is, and the fan interest.
You have the honor and privilege of being in position to do something amazingly special. If you have the chance, you must do it.
My pitch count as a general rule was 135. And I knew how many pitches I had when I went to the mound for the last three innings.
I motivate players through communication, being honest with them, having them respect and appreciate your ability and your help.
When I see that little white ball go up, I want to catch it, no matter what. If I have to knock myself silly doing it, so be it.
When I come into a game in the bottom of the ninth, bases loaded, no one out and a one-run lead ... it takes people off my mind.