Mr. Rickey, I’ll put more people in the park than anybody since Babe Ruth.

I don’t want my picture in any cigarettes, but I also don’t want you to lose the ten dollars, so I’m enclosing my check for that sum.

He has the finest, fundamentally sound golf swing I’ve ever seen.

And historically the owners have used loyalty to a team or a city to hold players as opposed to always paying their worth.

Being a typical Pisces, I might have experienced mood shifts, but I don’t remember any depression, or needing to do anything, or to have someone bring me out of being depressed.

I’m on the Zoloft to keep from killing y’all.

I’m a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I grab a handful of clouds.

College was especially sweet because of the positive, hopeful atmosphere of a college campus.

Anyone interested in becoming a professional umpire and becoming eligible to work in the minor leagues must attend one of the two umpire schools sanctioned by Major League Baseball.

One chance is all you need.

I think Ray Guy and John Madden for sure should be in the Hall of Fame and Cliff Branch should be as well.

A museum is a place where one should lose one’s head.

What man in his 40s would not like to look in the mirror and find Nolan Ryan?

My journey took a surprising turn in 1992. I left Boston and who would have ever thought I would wind up with the New York Yankees?

They were so clever finding ways to get me the ball. They had to do more than just give up open shots. They had to avoid fouls and pass me the ball in traffic.

You have to make lots of birdies and give your opponent no chance.

Rookies are also coming in from college programs as big stars, whereas when we came in, we were just happy to be there. We were happy to be playing in a big gym, to be...

God may not be there when you want him but he is always on time.

I realized that this was a professional tour stop – the event was called the Avon Futures, a satellite tour of the Virginia Slims.

I like to have my hand on every single plate that goes out. It’s really a good feeling when someone compliments your meal, and you had everything to do with making it. It’s very rewarding.

I tell all the rookies that come into our series and all the young drivers they can come ask me anything at any time, and we’ll give them the straight shoot.

I always wanted to be a singer, it’s what I wanted to do since I was little. I’m doing it now and I couldn’t be happier.

They talk about those All-Star Games being exhibition affairs, and maybe they are, but I’ve seen very few players in my life who didn’t want to win, no matter whom they were playing or what...

That space between the white lines, that’s my office. That’s where I conduct my business.

When I first came up, the bullpen was pretty much where they put the guys who couldn’t start.

It ain’t bragging if you really done it.

I have never coasted down a hill of frozen rain.

When I want a long ball, I spin my hips faster.

Take the time to discover how African-Americans have had a great impact on this country. In science, education, literature, art, and politics.

I think I started learning lessons about being a good person long before I ever knew what basketball was. And that starts in the home, it starts with the parental influence.

As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want.

Mr. Arthur Ashe, he was good. I read some of his books. He knew about everything, but he was real quiet and didn’t talk much. I never met him.

To have that kind of ovation, that happens very seldom for a lineman.

I literally paid my way through the University of Texas with my umpiring.

There is a one woman in China that claimed she paid $50 to get my e-mail address. It was pretty shocking. I got one this morning from Scotland. A girl’s requesting a signed photo of...

The NFL offensive blocking is played differently; they use their hands instead of their head and shoulders.

If Americans knew how to deal with other people, they could bring peace to the world. Alas, they have not learned enough yet. The true American feels that he is 100 percent welcome anywhere he...

And when I went to Houston, they had a conditioning coach by the name of Gene Coleman. And that was the first time I had gone to an organization that had a program with a...

I believe in me more than anything in this world.

Please don’t quote me.

I never could stand losing. Second place didn’t interest me. I had a fire in my belly.

The world went by, and we didn’t get caught up in all the other things, because we didn’t have time. We had no spare time. It was always thinking about training and focusing on what...

People have to understand what my game is. It’s not all about numbers. There’s a bigger picture here. I don’t create off the dribble. I rely on my teammates; my role is to set screens...

The Babe was a great ballplayer, sure, but Cobb was even greater. Babe could knock your brains out, but Cobb would drive you crazy.

It means a lot to you, to be out there. The highs are pretty high, and the lows are pretty low. You know, it’s easy to feel like you let the team down. I mean,...

Keep enjoying it, and if you do that, then you are going to get better.

I don’t care. I feel like if we don’t make a trade, we have to get it done with what we’ve got.

I want to be an artist that everyone can relate to, that’s young, happy and fun.

Baseball hasn’t forgotten me. I go to a lot of old-timers games and I haven’t lost a thing. I sit in the bullpen and let people throw things at me. Just like old times.

But more important than personal awards is winning the World Series. That’s the max that anyone could ask for. Let alone to have the ball in your in your glove for the final out of...