My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is to practice, and then practice some more.

I think that the most important thing to me is fans. Without the viewers, without the fans, we have nothing. So I think the fans are awfully important.

You know, baseball's not stupid. Baseball does what the fans want, usually.

People say I don't have great tools. They say that I can't throw like Ellis Valentine or run like Tim Raines or hit with power like Mike Schmidt. Who can? I make up for it in other ways, by putting out a little bit more. That's my theory, to go through life hustling. In the big leagues, hustle usually means being in the right place at the right time. It means backing up a base. It means backing up your teammate. It means taking that headfirst slide. It means doing everything you can do to win a baseball game.

I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball.

If you screw up and do something, don't lie about it; come clean.

See the ball; hit the ball.