The way we're going... if I called up another pitcher, he'd just hang up the phone on me.

The baselines belongs to the runner, and whenever I was running the bases, I always slid hard. I wanted infielders to have that instant's hesitation about coming across the bag at second or about standing in there awaiting a throw to make a tag. There are only 27 outs in a ballgame, and it was my job to save one for my team every time I possibly could.

Pitchers did me a favor when they knocked me down. It made me more determined. I wouldn't let that pitcher get me out. They say you can't hit if you're on your back, but I didn't hit on my back. I got up.

I just didn't have anything to say, so I said nothing.

There's absolutely no way you can go barreling into second and dump a guy on a double play, like you should do, when you've been fraternizing with him before a game.

The way we're going... if I called up another pitcher, he'd just hang up the phone on me.

I always tried to do the best. I knew I couldn't always be the best, but I tried to be.