True success is one of the greatest needs. Success is not something you stumble onto or come to by accident. It is something you must sincerely prepare for. Take a good look at successes, and you'll see he same consistent qualities all the time - qualities of one's character that make one strive for a goal with a standard of unmatched excellence.

You don't face Nolan Ryan without your rest. He's the only guy I go against that makes me go to bed before midnight.

People think I hate Billy Martin. I don't. I hate some of the things he did. And I will say I don't understand him. Billy Martin is not an intellectual, but there is a cunningness to him that is something to behold.

Please God, let me hit one. I'll tell everybody you did it.

Hitting is better than sex.

Sometimes I underestimate the magnitude of me.

October: that's when they pay off for playing ball.