One of the trademarks of a champion is that he can outlast you.

The stiffer the penalty, the greater the message is sent.

If you're successful in what you do over a period of time, you'll start approaching records, but that's not what you're playing for. You're playing to challenge and be challenged.

The baseball held was my fantasy of what life offered.

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

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

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