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All ballplayers want to wind up their careers with the Cubs, Giants or Yankees. They just can`t help it.

- Dizzy Dean

I got to play in his home country, in the stadium that was named after him and I know he was one of the best, if not the best, Latin American ballplayers of all time,

- Mike Sweeney

I feel God has blessed us ballplayers with the ability to throw a ball, hit a ball, catch a ball and to play the game of baseball at a level that only a few can play in the world,

- Mike Sweeney

The greatest manager has a knack for making ballplayers think they are better than they think they are.

- Reggie Jackson

The contract system at Hollywood studios like MGM was a very efficient system in that because we were at the studio all the time we could rehearse a lot. But it also really repressed people. There were no union regulations yet, and we were all indentured servants - you can call us slaves if you want - like ballplayers before free agency. We had seven-year contracts, but every six months the studio could decide to fire you if your picture wasn`t a hit. And if you turned down a role, they cut off your salary and simply added the time to your contract.

- Gene Kelly