I don't mind the high price of stardom. I just don't like the high price of mediocrity.

Three strikes, you're out. I don't care if you hire Edward Bennett Williams to defend you; three strikes, you're still out. Baseball is an island of stability in an unstable world.

Baseball is a boy's game that makes grown men cry.

When there is no room for individualism in ballparks, then there will be no room for individualism in life.

I do not think that winning is the most important thing. I think winning is the only thing.

Baseball is the only game left for people. To play basketball, you have to be 7 feet 6 inches. To play football, you have to be the same width.

I try not to kid myself. You know, I don't mind romancing someone else, but to fool yourself is pretty devastating and dangerous.