When I was a kid, I used to imagine animals running under my bed. I told my dad, and he solved the problem quickly. He cut the legs off the bed.
I don`t think about goals and records. Competition is what keeps me playing.
If you`re successful in what you do over a period of time, you`ll start approaching records, but that`s not what you`re playing for. You`re playing to challenge and be challenged.
The stiffer the penalty, the greater the message is sent.
You can`t be afraid to make errors! You can`t be afraid to be naked before the crowd, because no one can ever master the game of baseball, or conquer it. You can only challenge it.
Your bat is your life. It`s your weapon. You don`t want to go into battle with anything that feels less than perfect.
We have to make some radical move to get the attention of everyone. Cheaters can`t win and steroids has put us in the position that it`s OK to cheat.
The baseball held was my fantasy of what life offered.
I was probably as big a fan of the event as anyone else there. After all, I`d never seen anybody get three thousand hits either.
Jim Crow was king... and I heard a game in which Jackie Robinson was playing, and I felt pride in being alive.
Show me a guy who`s afraid to look bad, and I`ll show you a guy you can beat every time.