The three-thousand hitting thing was the first time I let individual pressure get to me. I was uptight about it. When I saw the hit going through, I had a sigh of relief more than anything.

The three-thousand hitting thing was the first time I let individual pressure get to me. I was uptight about it. When I saw the hit going through, I had a sigh of relief more than anything.

When they knock you down, you not only have to get up, but you have to make it clear that you won't be knocked down a second time.

I was a lousy hitter in May doing the same things that made me a great hitter in June.

The race doesn't always belong to the swift nor the battle to the strong. It belongs rather to those who run the race, who stay the course and who fight the good fight.

I think about baseball when I wake up in the morning. I think about it all day and I dream about it at night. The only time I don't think about it is when I'm playing it.

I remember I was a scared rookie, hitting .220 after the first three months of my baseball season, and doubting my ability.