As long as I can compete, I won't quit.

I had a marvelous baseball career and after my baseball career, there is an abundance of opportunity out there.

Different styles work for different guys... If you can handle shortstop and hit, teams will find a way to pencil you into the lineup.

Leadership isn't about simply being in charge and treating your people like soldiers and barking orders. Leadership is sharing your knowledge and your direction so that others grow and reach their potential.

I don't love the idea of the responsibility falling on the manager. That just adds to their in-game responsibility.

When things happen to you in the worst way, you live with it, you go over it, you think, 'What else could I have done?

Whether your name is (Lou) Gehrig or (Cal) Ripken, (Joe) DiMaggio or (Jackie) Robinson, or that of some youngster who picks up his bat or puts on his glove, you are challenged by the game of baseball to do your very best day in and day out. That's all I've ever tried to do.