Every hitter likes fastballs, just like everybody likes ice cream. But you don't like it when someone's stuffing it into you by the gallon. That's what it feels like when Nolan Ryan's thrown balls by you.

Sometimes I underestimate the magnitude of me.

I didn't come to New York to be a star. I brought my star with me.

The greatest manager has a knack for making ballplayers think they are better than they think they are.

The will to win is worthless if you don't get paid for it.

I am the best in baseball.

When you've played this game for ten years and gone to bat seven-thousand times and gotten two-thousand hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone zero for five-thousand.