If I had been busted for drugs instead of gambling, I'd still be managing the Reds and baseball would be paying for my rehab.

Once you accept defeat, it becomes ease to lose. If defeat comes, face it and take it, but don't accept it.

I never gave up as a player, and I won't give up as someone who wants to go to the Hall of Fame, because it's the ultimate goal for a baseball player or a football player or a basketball player.

I don't go to bed every night worried about getting back into baseball.

Practice the game the way you're going to play the game. Practice hard and play hard. Run hard and above all else, hustle every moment you're on the field where you are practicing or playing in a game.

Singles hitters drive Fords. Home-run hitters drive Cadillacs.

He (Eric Davis) gets power from his bat speed.....it's like he has cork in his arms.