I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball.

It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square.

Somebody's gotta win and somebody's gotta lose and I believe in letting the other guy lose.

If somebody is gracious enough to give me a second chance, I won't need a third.

See the ball; hit the ball.

The greatest competitor was Bob Gibson. He worked so fast out there and he always had the hood up. He always wanted to close his own deal. He never talked to you because he was battling so hard. I sure as hell don't miss batting against him, but I miss him in the game.

There's other ways to make your head and muscles bigger than just steroids.

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.

I'm just like everybody else. I have two arms, two legs and four-thousand hits.