I can honestly say it took two full years for me to get over the fact that I was no longer a baseball player..

A pat on the back is only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, but is miles ahead in results..

I had the pleasure, as Robin said, to live a childhood dream as many young Americans and Puerto Rican children live that play youth baseball. And I f….

The greatest efforts in sports came when the mind is as still as a glass lake..

You have to believe in yourself when no one else does..

The playoffs are the wedge between the season and the World Series. If you lose, it means you won't be going to the greatest sports event in this cou….

What was really funny is that as I got older all those guys who called me a sissy in junior high school wanted me to be their best friend because the….

Well, David Eckstein, like most of us, has 20 digits. Ten fingers. Ten toes..

That's why I'm very proud of being American. I'm proud to pay taxes. I pay a lot of taxes, but it sure beats the alternative..

Think of all the girls who could become top athletes but quit sports because they're afraid of having too many defined muscles and being made fun of ….

Behind all the years of practice and all the hours of glory waits that inexorable terror of living without the game..

In training, you listen to your body. In competition, you tell your body to shut up..

I have so much respect for [Bernie Ecclestone] for what he did with this sport. He did so much more than people in tennis or football..

I'm going to try to enjoy the All-Star break, hope my players reflect on what happened the first half of the season, come back with a different attit….

You guys line up alphabetically by height..

Every day the word 'gift' is used to define talent, ability, and performance. Being gifted has an even deeper meaning, a meaning that isn't always me….

I take my role as an ambassador for the sport, and as a role model for boys, girls, mommies, daddies - whoever it is - very, very seriously. I know t….

Bodybuilding is not only a sport but first an ART..

Independence is the outstanding characteristic of the runner..

The secret of this sport is, while you're the nail, hang in there, let them hit you, until the day you become the hammer, then you smash them back!.

Wherever we play golf, people come out here to get autographs. They obviously come out to watch us play and see us in action, but they also want to i….