If you really think about it, the stadium can't last forever. There is going to have to come a time when it replaces..

Disadvantaged kids many times don't have the support network that we all have. I know how important my parents were in my life and many of these kids….

I kept thinking, 'this must be the coolest job - I'd like to be a professional baseball player.' They were getting paid to play a game, and what a co….

My approach to every game was to try to erase the games that were before and try to focus on the game at hand..

Different styles work for different guys... If you can handle shortstop and hit, teams will find a way to pencil you into the lineup..

I haven't given it (achieving 3,000 hits) much thought. I was taught a certain approach, how to come to the ballpark. I try not to do too much thinki….

I am driven by what you are able to accomplish and how you are able to help some people. I go about it each and every day, sometimes I think I say ye….

The reality is that players can't play forever..

I think baseball has moved on in many ways and the focus on the competitions on the field is really what the game is all about. It seems to be health….

When things happen to you in the worst way, you live with it, you go over it, you think, 'What else could I have done?.

What keeps me going? I guess it's just a desire to keep trying to contribute and do things in life..

That's the result of the black cloud on baseball, .. Until it's rid of steroids, people are naturally going to think that..

There is somebody in our lives that we could call the Energizer Bunny and we admire for those qualities..

Early in my career, I decided I never wanted to get out of shape..

I think Nick Markakis is a perennial All-Star, and nobody knows about him. I think people are learning about how good he is..

Ultimately, at the end of the day, you couldn't say you were better than the other person because you knew you had a secret. You knew you had cheated..

I don't love the idea of the responsibility falling on the manager. That just adds to their in-game responsibility..

I had a marvelous baseball career and after my baseball career, there is an abundance of opportunity out there..

I've felt some great feelings on the baseball field... in front of 50,000 people and millions on TV... but the feeling you get when you give a kid a ….

Whether your name is (Lou) Gehrig or (Cal) Ripken, (Joe) DiMaggio or (Jackie) Robinson, or that of some youngster who picks up his bat or puts on his….

The last thing you want to do is go down in the history of All-Star game competition as the only injury (his nose was broken by Roberto Hernandez) su….