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

I'm just like everybody else. I have two arms, two legs and four-thousand hits.

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.

I owe baseball. Baseball don't owe me a damn thing.

I told him (Pete Rose, Jr.) who to watch. I said if you want to be a catcher, watch Johnny Bench. If you want to be a right-handed power hitter, watch Mike Schmidt. If you just want to be a hitter, watch me.

I can't remember, I wish I could remember the first time I bet on baseball.

Brooks Robinson belongs in a higher league.