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I was trying my best to just stop that ball from going over the fence, I'd sacrifice my body if I have to. I've done that my whole career.
I'm still very critical of myself, but I've learned to deal with it. You know that every at-bat is important, but it's not life and death.
You can't see the bat hit the ball if you're generating any bat speed. If you're just laying the bat through the strike zone, sure, maybe.
In my heart and mind, I know I can hit anybody. I'm always relaxed. It's hard to explain. It's like playing with my kids. It feels natural.
I owe everything I have to them when I'm out there on the mound. But I owe the fans nothing and they owe me nothing when I am not pitching.
My whole life was spent doing things that people didn't believe were possible, because God blessed me with the ability to throw a baseball.
People grow up loving the Yankees and will tell you, and so many people despise the Yankees, and they come from all over the United States.
Baseball caps never go out of style and are easy to wear. Beyond baseball, beyond sports, I really do think a baseball cap is for everyone.
I hang in there all the time. I'm not afraid to be taken out. I think that's the biggest thing to do-just stay in there on the double play.
When you get back on the field and do things, any doubts you've developed leave. The more consistent you become, the fewer doubts you have.
My parents were big supporters of me going to college. It was the right thing for me to do. But it was the toughest decision I had to make.
The Air Corps . . . does not, at this time, feel justified in obligating . . . funds for basic jet propulsion research and experimentation.
I've always prided myself in not reveling in past accomplishments and focusing on future achievement, instead. That's been my career motto.
I kind of realized I couldn't blow the ball by everybody. In high school I could do that, but now it's not going to work. I need to pitch.'
If you gave me a choice between being married and being a baseball player, that's a no-brainer. I would be married any day. I just love it.
I knew being accepted was going to be hard, but I knew I was involved in a situation that was going to bring opportunities to other blacks.
I haven’t been right all year. I guess, you know, when you don’t feel good, and you still get hits, that’s when you know you are a bad man.
It's like there's a moment that happens in baseball, and when it happens, I do everything to concentrate. When you do that, it can be good.
When I was coming up, I just wanted to play baseball and I'm doing what I love to do most. How can I feel pressure doing what I love to do?
Technology is ruled by two types of people: those who manage what they do not understand, and those who understand what they do not manage.
None of the teams that actually probably were offering me a job from the getgo, actually in spring training, are in the playoffs right now.
Once I started getting multiple days off in a row, it was a long year for me. That had never happened, and everybody knew I didn't like it.
It's a fickle town, a tough town. They getcha, boy. They don't let you escape with minor scratches and bruises. They put scars on you here.
I was taught you never, ever disrespect your opponent or your teammates or your organization or your manager, and never, ever your uniform.
Throw high risers at the chin; throw peas at the knees; throw it here when they're lookin' there; throw it there when they're lookin' here.
Pressure is a word that is misused in our vocabulary. When you start thinking of pressure, it's because you've started to think of failure.
When we win, I'm so happy I eat a lot. When we lose, I'm so depressed, I eat a lot. When we're rained out, I'm so disappointed I eat a lot.
Christ always had a passion for whatever He was doing. That's how I try to define myself as an athlete. That's the example I try to follow.
I don't want to be at a point where I'm trying to steal the spotlight from the team or anyone else or make it seem like it's just about me.
Pre-heat the oven? Really? If I was the sort of person who planned ahead, I wouldn't be eating this Totino's Party Pizza in the first place.
I've been treated there (Camden Yards in Baltimore) just like everywhere else: you got everyone booing for you. I take that as a compliment.
If you ask the people in Europe who won World War II, they don't say the Allies; they say the United States won the war and saved the world.
I think I play center field better than I do anywhere else. I have enough speed and enough reaction to know where the ball goes off the bat.
After 12 years in the minor leagues, I don't try out. Besides, uh, I don't believe in quantum physics when it comes to matters of the heart.
I've been able to do what I love and what I'm passionate about my entire life. I made, you know, an insane amount of money playing baseball.
I'm just trying to work hard every day, trying to be a better player and one day, to be right there with them, one of those special hitters.
I am struck by the fact that personal faith and political agendas are intertwined more closely now than at any other time in recent history.
My grandmother asks me to race down the street, I'm going to try to beat her. And I'll probably enjoy it. Competitive to a fault, sometimes.
A manager's job is simple. For one hundred sixty-two games you try not to screw up all that smart stuff your organization did last December.
I always tried to be Mark McGwire and hit homers like he did. I was kind of following his race, too, when he was trying to break the record.
Hitting .400 is something you can do by yourself. But you have to rely on guys getting on base at the right time to drive in that many runs.
Personally, I don't like the term 'success.' It's too arbitrary and too relative a thing. It's usually someone else's definition, not yours.
Sad to hear news about Michael Weiner, deepest condolences to his loved ones. His sacrifices as head of players union will not be forgotten.
Anybody can be a dad. I just want to be a good parent. I want to be a dad that my kids can talk to. I want to have a relationship with them.
In baseball, there's certain things you can call someone: a fossil, graybeard, grandpa, dad, pops. But I got a chance to say it and mean it.
How do you combat a man with a firearm? You don't combat him with a golf club, baseball bat or a knife. You combat him with another firearm.
A lot of people wrote that Roger (Maris) and I didn't like each other and that we didn't get along. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Your testimony doesn't mean anything if it is not your testimony. So every song that I write it happened at one point in my life or another.
I bet on my team to win every night because I love my team; I believe in my team. I did everything in my power every night to win that game.
In my day, if a guy came to spring training 20 pounds heavier than what he left, he was considered out of shape and was probably in trouble.