“Not everybody will become a baseball star and not everybody will make the money I’m making.”

Kids today are looking for idols, but sometimes they look too far … They don’t have to look any farther than their home because those are the people that love you. They are the real heroes.

I don’t have a no-trade clause. I figure someone is going to pick me up.

I had an opportunity with Baltimore to make it to the World Series, and that didn’t happen.

We spent a lot of money on some players.

I’m pretty much the one that goes to the mound.

The ability to communicate with everybody, regardless of who are you are, is a great thing.

The hardest thing is to get started, but the really hardest thing is to finish.

You stand up for your teammates. Your loyalty is to them. You protect them through good and bad, because they’d do the same for you.

The game is supposed to be fun. If you had a bad day, don’t worry. You can’t expect to get a hit every game.

One of the hardest things in life to accept is a called third strike.

Poets are like baseball pitchers. Both have their moments. The intervals are the tough things.

The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying, ‘Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses.’ She’s got a baseball bat and yelling, You want a piece of me?

Cricket is basically baseball on valium.

Confidence allows you to progress in something you’re attempting to accomplish, whether it’s playing basketball or baseball or whether it’s trying to succeed in business.