Some players you pat their butts, some players you kick their butts, some players you leave alone.

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

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

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

If somebody is gracious enough to give me a second chance, I won't need a third.

I played with 11 Hall of Famers and played against 52 Hall of Famers, and I don't know any of them linked to steroids.

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