If I had admitted my guilt, it would have been the same as putting my head on the chopping block - lifetime ban. Death penalty. I spent my entire life on the baseball fields of America, and I was not going to give up my profession without first seeing some hard evidence ... right or wrong, the punishment didn't fit the crime, so I denied the crime.

I was born on the day Lincoln was shot and the Titanic sank.

You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possibly be - in baseball and in life.

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.

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

Creating success is tough. But keeping it is tougher. You have to keep producing, you can't ever stop.

The team that wins two-thirds of its one run games usually wins the pennant.