I don't think about goals and records. Competition is what keeps me playing.

Your bat is your life. It's your weapon. You don't want to go into battle with anything that feels less than perfect

I don't have to steal bases. I steal bases because I want to.

We have to make some radical move to get the attention of everyone. Cheaters can't win and steroids has put us in the position that it's OK to cheat.

Jim Crow was king... and I heard a game in which Jackie Robinson was playing, and I felt pride in being alive

Competition is what keeps me playing the psychological warfare of matching skill against skill and wit against wit.

Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time.