I had just turned 20, and Jackie told me the only way to be successful at anything was to go out and do it. He said baseball was a game you played every day, not once a week.

Can I smoke now without someone taking my picture?

I've tried a lot of things in the off-season, but the only thing I really know is baseball.

The pitcher has got only a ball. I've got a bat. So the percentage in weapons is in my favor and I let the fellow with the ball do the fretting.

What you do with your life and how you do it is not only a reflection on you, but on your family and all of those institutions that have helped to make you who you are.

Didn't come up here to read. Came up here to hit.

Failure is part of success.