Occupation: Baseball Player Birth: April 14, 1941
He (Eric Davis) gets power from his bat speed.....it's like he has cork in his arms..
Every time I step up to the plate, I expect to get a hit. If I don't expect to get a hit, I have no right to step into the batter's box in the first ….
If I had been busted for drugs instead of gambling, I'd still be managing the Reds and baseball would be paying for my rehab..
I'd be willing to bet you, if I were a betting man, that I have never bet on baseball..
You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possibly be - in baseball and in life..
Among many U. S. wine consumers, California holds a strong position..
Creating success is tough. But keeping it is tougher. You have to keep producing, you can't ever stop..
Somebody's gotta win and somebody's gotta lose and I believe in letting the other guy lose..
If you have someone equal in ability to me I will beat him every time because I will try harder..
If you screw up and do something, don't lie about it; come clean..
Pressure? Well it ain't hitting in forty-four straight games, because I done that and it was fun. The playoffs are pressure..
Baseball is an individual game, but it should never be a personal game..
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 t….
What's the game coming to? Evidently the guys making all these rules never played the game of baseball..
Sure I do, and if someone paid you six-thousand dollars a game, you'd have fun as well..
There is an old saying that money can't buy happiness. If it could, I would buy myself four hits every game..
I don't smoke. Smoking will hurt you when you try to run out a triple..
Day after day there are lots of fans here and it helps a lot with them out there rooting for us..
No one ever asked what was my relationship with Bart Giamatti. We used to talk about baseball a lot as a player and a commissioner, just talk about t….
Once you accept defeat, it becomes ease to lose. If defeat comes, face it and take it, but don't accept it..
Doctors tell me I have the body of a thirty year old. I know I have the brain of a fifteen year old. If you've got both, you can play baseball..