I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me… but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch.

As a young child, I played the violin. I think that that started the spark.

My goals have gone from being an all-star to just being able to play basketball. I always took for granted that I could play. Now I know what a gift it is.

If you put a baseball and other toys in front of a baby, he’ll pick up a baseball in preference to the others.

I don’t recall your name but you sure were a sucker for a high inside curve.

Winning in my business is everything.

I wish my hair was thicker, and I wish my feet were prettier. My toes are really ugly. I wish my ears were smaller. And my nose could be smaller too.

I don’t want to be put on a pedestal. I just want to be reasonably successful and live a normal life with all the conveniences to make it so.

I don’t like losing a ballgame any more than a salesman likes losing a sale.

When I started finishing games and coming off the field shaking hands, it was a beautiful thing. I mean, you start seeing that you’re an important part of the team.

It ain’t bragging if you can do it.

I have never seen snow and do not know what winter means.

Focus on remedies, not faults.

We talk about freedoms for African-Americans but unless you have more than one option politically, how free are you?

One of the commitments that I personally have now is to a diverse approach to buying businesses, and the operation of those businesses.

Every time there’s a revolution, it comes from somebody reading a book about revolution. David Walker wrote a book and Nat Turner did his thing.

One day some guy is going to get a billion-dollar fight.

They’re just fun pictures of me. They look good but when you read it, what does it say? Lorrie Fair, professional soccer player.

I reached the point where I actually enjoyed the umpiring more than playing.

This is the first medal I’ve ever won in an international meet. For it to be gold is incredible. It feels great. I can’t explain it.

If it’s a slow race you have to be on your guard. You have to be patient, but I prefer that.

Hey, we have obligations. We all work for a living now.

When I got traded to the California Angels, I really wasn’t that excited about going to the Angels because it meant changing leagues and also a whole new set of teammates. But shortly after I...

I couldn’t have come close without my teammates’ help because the Knicks didn’t want me to make 100.

I don’t like going to the mall. I’m not really like the other girls. I just like to go out on the golf course and play. Golf is fun and feels really good.

I think sportsmanship is knowing that it is a game, that we are only as a good as our opponents, and whether you win or lose, to always give 100 percent.

When I got my diagnosis, I treated it like the Olympics. I tried to stay positive and told my doctor I was going to be the best patient he’d ever had.

I prayed, thanking God, for making it all possible for me, because I knew where I came from.

But, I would say when I was four years old and I was at the Alan King Tennis Tournament and I was hitting with all the pros that would come to town. They would get...

If that’s not the case, I have my degree in secondary education so who knows what is going to be ahead for me, but I hope it is in soccer somehow.

I don’t want to just go to the playoffs, I don’t want to go to the playoffs and win the first round, second round, and not win the whole thing because it’s bittersweet.

I don’t understand the whole dating thing. I know right off the bat if I’m interested in someone, and I don’t want them to waste their money on me and take me out to eat...

When I came up to bat with three men on and two outs in the ninth, I looked in the other team’s dugout and they were already in street clothes.

But through experience I learned to control my body and locate the ball.

I want minimum information given with maximum politeness.

Many children work hard to please their parents, but what I truly longed for was good times that were about us, not about me. That is the real hole the Dodgers filled in my life.

The longer you play, the better chance the better player has of winning.

I can’t get into specifics. Someday, hopefully, I’ll be able to.

In 1981, at age 31, I was voted the best player in basketball, and the most valuable player in the league.

We should have won the pennant that year. It was the best club I was ever on.

I just look around and say, I’m a mess. I don’t know why I do things.

That’s what people respect, the fact that I wasn’t a chump that laid on his back and gave up.

I was always told that I was too small, too skinny, too slow, not tough enough, and I never ever believed what people told me.

The Florida State League was considered the top A-league back then. You played in the spring training parks of major league teams, traveled throughout some great cities in Florida, and the pay was the best...

Any time you try to win everything, you must be willing to lose everything.

I think the tougher the challenge the better.

Americans are big boys. You can talk them into almost anything. Just sit with them for half an hour over a bottle of whiskey and be a nice guy.

It helps if the hitter thinks you’re a little crazy.

The owner of the New York Yankees, Mr. George Steinbrenner who I had the greatest respect for, I want to thank him for giving me the opportunity to win that special ring in 1996.

We’re all fascinated by the numbers, as we were about the 100 points.