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

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.

With the money I'm making, I should be playing two positions.

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.

The only way I can't hit .300 is if there's something physically wrong with me.

The thing I would like most to leave behind is to be remembered for trying hard.

Playing baseball for a living is like having a license to steal.