Baseball is a game, yes. It is also a business. But what is most truly is is disguised combat. For all its gentility, its almost leisurely pace, baseball is violence under wraps.

In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated.

Never assume the other guy will never do something you would never do.

I think I was programmed to do good things when I came into the majors. I knew how to play.

I didn't teach you that. Catch the ball with your glove.

I don't mean to be bashful, but I was

I was a baseball player, I taught baseball, and all of a sudden I was in the business world. Now I used the baseball world to talk about their product. Not too much, just enough to keep going. Just be yourself and you'll never have a problem. That's what I did.