Somebody's gotta win and somebody's gotta lose and I believe in letting the other guy lose.

I've never looked forward to a birthday like I'm looking forward to my new daughter's birthday, because two days after that is when I can apply for reinstatement.

A hitter's impatience is the pitcher's biggest advantage.

Sliding headfirst is the safest way to get to the next base, I think, and the fastest. You don't lose your momentum, and there's one more important reason I slide headfirst, it gets my picture in the paper.

If I had admitted my guilt, it would have been the same as putting my head on the chopping block - lifetime ban. Death penalty. I spent my entire life on the baseball fields of America, and I was not going to give up my profession without first seeing some hard evidence ... right or wrong, the punishment didn't fit the crime, so I denied the crime.

Don Gullett's the only guy who can throw a baseball through a car wash and not get the ball wet.

Day after day there are lots of fans here and it helps a lot with them out there rooting for us.