If you could equate the amount of time and effort put in mentally and physically into succeeding on the baseball field and measured it by the dirt on…

- Mike Schmidt

Any time you think you have the game conquered, the game will turn around and punch you right in the nose.

- Mike Schmidt

Major League Baseball has created a Pete Rose purgatory, and that's where he is. And that's where he's always going to be. It's unfortunate that the …

- Mike Schmidt

I don't think I can get into my deep inner thoughts about hitting. It's like talking about religion.

- Mike Schmidt

It isn't that hard to get RBI's when you're hitting home runs, you generally get a least one.

- Mike Schmidt

I'm 61 now, and I'm comfortable in my lifestyle... I don't yearn for the limelight on a regular basis. I get a kick out of it every so often. I go to…

- Mike Schmidt

I need to be out earning. I can make more in two hours at a card show than I did [as a minor-league manager] all year.

- Mike Schmidt

But remember this: in the final analysis, you can believe in your dream, you can be taught, supported, motivated, and loved by others, but ultimately…

- Mike Schmidt

They read their sports pages, know their statistics and either root like hell or boo our butts off. I love it. Give me vocal fans, pro or con, over t…

- Mike Schmidt