Am I still in uniform? Then I ain't retired.

Every time I step up to the plate, I expect to get a hit. If I don't expect to get a hit, I have no right to step into the batter's box in the first place.

You'd be surprised how many shortcomings can be overcome by hustle.

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.

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

If baseball wants to get you, they've got enough resources and enough investigators that they'll find a way to get you.

I'd be willing to bet you, if I were a betting man, that I have never bet on baseball.