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 stiffer the penalty, the greater the message is sent.

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

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

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.

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

The baseball held was my fantasy of what life offered.