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.

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

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

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

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

When I get the record, all it will make me is the player with the most hits. I'm also the player with the most at bats and the most outs. I never said I was a greater player than (Ty) Cobb.

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