Baseball was made for kids, and grown-ups only screw it up.
There are three types of baseball players: those who make it happen, those who watch it happen, and those who wonder what happens.
Baseball is like driving, it's the one who gets home safely that counts.
The first books I was interested in were all about baseball. But I can't think of one single book that changed my life in any way.
When I was growing up, there weren't any Little Leagues in the city. Parents worked all the time. They didn't have time to take their kids out to play baseball and football.
I've got a lot of years to live after baseball and I would like to live them with the complete use of my body.
People who write about spring training not being necessary have never tried to throw a baseball.
Baseball is more than a game to me, it's a religion.
I think one of the most difficult things for anyone who's played baseball is to accept the fact that maybe the players today are playing just as well as ever.
It's very disappointing... Anything that harms the integrity of the game is terrible. We always thought we were immune to drugs in baseball, but we know that's not true anymore.
Anything that harms the integrity of the game is terrible. We always thought we were immune to drugs in baseball, but we know that's not true anymore.
Cuba wants to get rid of a dictator, and baseball needs a dictator.
I was showing early symptoms of becoming a professional baseball man. I was lying to the press.
It's very warm there, so we were outdoors all the time. The local people had programs for us year-round, where as kids we had the opportunity to play football, basketball, baseball, track and field - we just went from one sport to the next, year-round.
I had a great time with baseball growing up. I was lucky to grow up with it and to learn.