It isn't that hard to get RBI's when you're hitting home runs, you generally get a least one.

Philadelphia is the only city, where you can experience the thrill of victory and the agony of reading about it the next day.

I could ask the Phillies to keep me on to add to my statistics, but my love for the game won't let me do that.

I can't stand satisfaction. To me, greatness comes from that quest for perfection.

Pete Rose is the most likable arrogant person I've ever met.

But remember this: in the final analysis, you can believe in your dream, you can be taught, supported, motivated, and loved by others, but ultimately, your success depends on you. You must take responsibility for your body, your mind, and for your character.

If you could equate the amount of time and effort put in mentally and physically into succeeding on the baseball field and measured it by the dirt on your uniform, mine would have been black.