We had an argument once, yeah. It was the best thing that could have happened to our working relationship. After that, we understood each other and got along much better. I always respected Barry Bonds, and I wanted to let him know that I did in a certain way.

Good mothers are underrated, just like good defense.

With the Cardinals everybody would be reading the business section to see what their stocks were doing. You get to this locker room (Pirates) in the morning and everybody is looking at the sports page to see if Hulk Hogan won.

My biggest problem in the big leagues is that I can't figure out how to spend forty-three dollars in meal money.

I don't care what you do - baseball or politics - George W. Bush is always going to be compared to his father. I just want it to be an easy answer in 50 years - Who was the better player, me, or my kids? I want it to be my kids.

It seems like Satan has thrown the DH into our game.

If everyone were like him (Mitch Williams) I wouldn't play. I'd find a safer way to make a living.