Do you believe you're a starter or a benchwarmer? Do you believe you're an all-star or an also- ran? If the answers to these questions are the latter…

- Rod Carew

I get a kick out of watching a team defense me. A player moves two steps in one direction and I hit it two steps the other way. It goes right Stan M…

- Rod Carew

There is a special sensation in getting good wood on the ball and driving a double down the left-field line as the crowd in the ballpark rises to its…

- Rod Carew

Hitting is an art, but not an exact science.

- Rod Carew

The way they dress here (California), your head is always in the stands. All those bikinis, your eyes get tired.

- Rod Carew

When you've learned to believe in yourself, there's no telling how good a player you can be. That's because you have the mental edge.

- Rod Carew

There was a point at which I thought I'd never get the most valuable player, especially the years I played at Minnesota. We never won a pennant there…

- Rod Carew