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.

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.

No one wants to hear about the labor pains, they just want to see the baby.

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.