“Losing is a learning experience. It teaches you humility. It teaches you to work harder. It’s also a powerful motivator.”

I don’t blame the players today for the money. I blame the owners. They started it. They wanna give it to ’em? More power to ’em.

I’m in no condition to drive, wait! I shouldn’t listen to myself, I’m drunk!

You can have everything you want as long as you don’t want it badly enough.

Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.

Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.

Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.

So I’m ugly. So what? I never saw anyone hit with his face.

It ain’t over till it’s over

You can get old pretty young if you don’t take care of yourself.

We made too many wrong mistakes.

Nobody goes to that restaurant anymore because it’s too crowded.

The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase.

If you ask me anything I don’t know, I’m not going to answer.

I’d give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

In baseball, you don’t know nothing.

You can’t win all the time. There are guys out there who are better than you.

Before I was ever in my teens, I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. My goal was to be the greatest athlete that ever lived.

The feel of a good row stays with you hours afterward. Your muscles glow, your mind wanders from the papers on you desk and goes back, again and again, to that terrific power piece at the end of the workout when it felt as if you and the boat were flying.

I don’t know if steroids are going to help you in baseball. I just don’t believe it. I don’t believe steroids can help eye-hand coordination and technically hit a baseball.

Serra High school, to me, was my most enjoyable time for me in my entire life. That was the only time I was free. We just played baseball because it was fun.

As if you legs were two cannons and your arms were two oars and the great lateral muscles of your back were pterodactyl wings and the brim of your baseball cap was a harpoon.

I think some of the pressure comes from the expectations of other people. Like if your father played baseball, they expect you to be the big lifesaver or something when you play a sport.

Knowin’ all about baseball is just about as profitable as bein’ a good whittler.

I wanted to be a professional baseball player.