The first thing baseball wants to do is make you a superstar and then say that you owe baseball something. I don't owe baseball anything. Baseball owes me.

Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is 80% of being a successful hitter. The other 20% is just execution.

I am very proud to be an American. This country has so much potential, I'd just like to see things better, or whatever, and I think it will be.

There is no logical reason why girls shouldn't play baseball. It's not all that tough.

I never smile when I have a bat in my hands. That's when you've got to be serious.

You can only milk a cow so long, then you're left holding the pail.

Didn't come up here to read. Came up here to hit.

I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice.

I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling for him.

I've tried a lot of things in the off-season, but the only thing I really know is baseball.

I think what separates a superstar from the average ballplayer is that he concentrates just a little bit longer.

Consistency is what counts; you have to be able to do things over and over again.

Failure will never stand int he way of success if you learn from it.

Failure is a part of success.

I've got to be first. ALL the time.

I've been called one of the hardest bargainers who ever held out, and I'm proud of it.

Don't come home a failure.

Most collisions out on the fields are needless.

I'm coming down on the next pitch, Krauthead.