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I went through so many things personally, emotionally and mentally during that time off that I know that I'm better for it now and I think I'm a better athlete because of that.

Everybody kind of perceives me as being angry. It's not anger, it's motivation.

Some days you tame the tiger, and some days the tiger has you for lunch.

To finish first, you must first finish.

It does not matter how many times you get knocked down, but how many times you get up.

Bowling is not a sport because you have to rent the shoes. When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? This title offends all three major religions, and even vegetarians!

Swimming is not a sport. Swimming is a way to keep from drowning. That's just common sense!

Humility is an attribute of godliness possessed by true Saints. It is easy to understand why a proud man fails. He is content to rely upon himself only. This is evident in those who seek social position or who push others aside to gain position in fields of business, government, education, sports, or other endeavors. Our genuine concern should be for the success of others. The proud man shuts himself off from God, and when he does he no longer lives in the light.

Obstacles are challenges for winners and excuses for losers.

Celebrity-worship and hero-worship should not be confused. Yet we confuse them every day, and by doing so we come dangerously close to depriving ourselves of all real models. We lose sight of the men and women who do not simply seem great because they are famous but are famous because they are great. We come closer and closer to degrading all fame into notoriety.

Baseball endures at least in part because it is a contemplative sport that delights in nuances. Not a brazen game, eager to sell its thrills cheaply, but rather an understated affair that must be courted if its to be loved.

You teach me baseball and I'll teach you relativity...No we must not. You will learn about relativity faster than I learn baseball.

It helps if the hitter thinks you're a little crazy.

In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted; if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end.

What a player does best, he should practice least. Practice is for problems.

Well, baseball was my whole life. Nothing's ever been as fun as baseball.

I think that pop, and to some extent rock, are like sport and fashion industry in that they're about the exuberance of youth. That's the sort of subliminal ideology.

Inches make a champion.

Baseball is the only major sport that appears backwards in a mirror.

You can't depend on other people, you have to run your own race.

You don't win on emotion. You win on execution.