When I was a kid, I used to imagine animals running under my bed. I told my dad, and he solved the problem quickly. He cut the legs off the bed.

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

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.

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

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

You can't be afraid to make errors! You can't be afraid to be naked before the crowd, because no one can ever master the game of baseball, or conquer it. You can only challenge it.

The baseball held was my fantasy of what life offered.