There is an old saying that money can't buy happiness. If it could, I would buy myself four hits every game.
Concentration is that ability to not think about anything.
I was born on the day Lincoln was shot and the Titanic sank.
If baseball wants to get you, they've got enough resources and enough investigators that they'll find a way to get you.
When you step into the batter's box, have nothing on your mind except baseball.
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.