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...

The first time you marry for love, the second for money, and the third for companionship.

If you’re not just a little bit nervous before a match, you probably don’t have the expectations of yourself that you should have.

A perfectly straight shot with a big club is a fluke.

Grief, and an estate, is joy understood.

If you’ve experienced having control, you don’t want to be moved to a subordinate position, if you have your druthers.

Probably the best thing that happened to me was going nuts. Nobody knew who I was until that happened.

I intend to fight and I want to win. But my priorities are basically to be a good Brother and a strong one, and to try to be a good father one day.

When you see me smash somebody’s skull, you enjoy it.

Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.

Professional managers, coaches, and players have a right to question an umpire’s decision if they do it in a professional manner. When they become personal, profane, or violent, they have crossed the line and must...

I’m very, very pleased with all of the younger players we have played so far. There is not one that has disappointed us so we are really pleased.

I first discovered my turn of pace when I was playing football as a kid.

I am not a player anymore.

When I went to the New York Mets, I got there at my first stop at 19. And I was overwhelmed by being there, and truly intimidated.

The man who won’t loan money isn’t going to have many friends – or need them.

I don’t like boys. They’re kind of annoying.

I think it’s good to talk more about the team atmosphere, chemistry, and leadership, because not everyone is cut out to be a star.

We wanted to be achievers, but being an achiever didn’t mean that you stopped being a woman.

Ray Leonard was more of a favorite than Thomas Hearns that night.

Yes, for a long time but I admired her and respected everything that I could sort of see in her from a distance, the pillars of her life, the loyalties, the relationships. It all got...

It really came down to deciding between baseball and soccer. Soccer won out because I enjoyed it more.

I’m attracted to guys who are really confident and make conversation.

Striking out Ruth and Gehrig in succession was too big an order.

Gold medals aren’t really made of gold. They’re made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.

Later, I could take something off my slider and I could make my fastball sink, so I really had four pitches.

I can’t tell you why there’s a delay, but stick your head out of the window and you’ll know why.

In all my years of play, I never saw an ump deliberately make an unfair decision. They really called them as they saw ’em.

My ability to concentrate and work toward that goal has been my greatest asset.

I believe that today’s players who are Christians feel that it’s important and their responsibility to acknowledge their faith.

Every team that I’ve played on, I’ve either been the captain or co-captain.

You can’t stay married in a situation where you are afraid to go to sleep in case your wife might cut your throat.

I’m a historian, and that freaks me out.

In November, 1964 when I was a patient at the Mayo Clinic I though seriously about killing myself.

As a whole, the managers today are different in temperament. Most have very good communication skills and are more understanding of the umpire’s job. That doesn’t mean they are better managers. It just means that...

I let my feet spend as little time on the ground as possible. From the air, fast down, and from the ground, fast up.

I think the officials and NFL owners are playing to the type of game that people want to see.

From its inception, South Vietnam was only considered to be an outpost in the war against communism.

One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something.

One guy that I wish was here right now, Ted Williams, helped me so much, our long talks, not about hitting but about fishing, one of Ted’s passions, and I wish he was here today...

They were willing to do anything to stop me.

I may have been fierce, but never low or underhand.

Sometimes people think that if you’re always helping people up and never hit someone with a hard foul, you’re automatically a good sport. I don’t believe that.

This is God’s world this is not the media’s world.

I was 5 when I began semiprivate lessons.