He (Ozzie Smith) plays like he's on a mini-trampoline or wearing helium kangaroo shorts.

Last year we had so many people coming in and out they didn't bother to sew their names on the backs of the uniforms. They just put them there with Velcro.

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.

Who says there's an unemployment problem in this country? Just take the five percent unemployed and give them a baseball stat to follow.

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.

The game is full of peaks and valleys, the key is to avoid the Grand Canyon.

Mario Lemieux is Mr. Pittsburgh.