If anyone stays away (after the 1981 strike), my response is this - those people had no right to ever come to the park, because they aren't true baseball fans.

A woman will be elected President before Wade Boggs is called out on strikes. I guarantee that.

If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing you grandmother with her teeth out.

Don't try to be a hero. Try to be a winner.

I don't think I can play any other way but all out . . . I enjoy the game so much because I'm putting so much into it.

I used to be a mad hitter. And then I learned the longer you wait out the ball, the better you see it. And the better you see it, the harder you hit it. And the harder you hit it, the higher your average is going to be. And the higher your average is, the more money you're going to make.

He said I couldn't do (off the field) what I did when I was 23 or 24, and I paid attention to him. Damn it, I got a trainer and went to spring training in the best shape of my career and in 1985 had the best season I ever had and we won the World Series. Before that, I didn't know how long I was going to play. That talk with Mr. Fogelman was the most inspiring talk I ever had with anyone.