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Sparky Anderson taught me this a long time ago: 'There's three ways you can treat a person. You can pat 'em on the butt, you can kick 'em in the butt, or you can leave 'em alone.'
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Playing baseball for a living is like having a license to steal.
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I never gave up as a player, and I won't give up as someone who wants to go to the Hall of Fame, because it's the ultimate goal for a baseball player or a football player or a basketball player.
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I was born on the day Lincoln was shot and the Titanic sank.
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I know everything about Ty Cobb except the size of his hat.
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There is no doubt that because I am a switch hitter I have one of the best offensive advantages that a hitter can have.
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I don't go to bed every night worried about getting back into baseball.
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Brooks Robinson belongs in a higher league.
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Some of my biggest friends are big-time horse owners.
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If baseball wants to get you, they've got enough resources and enough investigators that they'll find a way to get you.
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Can you be a nicer gentleman, or a better man for your sport or your kids than Joe Paterno?
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Sometimes, when you don't have spark, someone in the dugout has to create something.
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I played with 11 Hall of Famers and played against 52 Hall of Famers, and I don't know any of them linked to steroids.
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Am I still in uniform? Then I ain't retired.