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Somebody's gotta win and somebody's gotta lose and I believe in letting the other guy lose.


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 the game, what could we do to help the game, where's the game going, he was pretty good.


It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square.


Baseball and the players association have rules. If you stay within the rules - which say that you can play while you're appealing - I don't see what anyone would be in arms about.


I owe baseball. Baseball don't owe me a damn thing.


If you screw up and do something, don't lie about it; come clean.


I would think if someone connected to steroids made the Hall of Fame, that would enhance my chances of making the Hall of Fame.


They haven't given too many gamblers a second chances in the world of baseball.


There is no doubt that because I am a switch hitter I have one of the best offensive advantages that a hitter can have.


Back in 1960 at Christmas time, I did work loading and unloading boxcars for Railway Express. That was a kind of weight training that helped me. I weighed about 160 when I started. I began to gain weight and kept right on gaining until I reached 195 pounds.


Sometimes, when you don't have spark, someone in the dugout has to create something.


If somebody is gracious enough to give me a second chance, I won't need a third.


A team will take on its manager's personality. If it's a laid back manager, you'll have a laid back personality. The players will see that if it's OK for the Manager to be laid back, then you'll have a laid back team.


I bet on the game of baseball and I bet on my team, even the mistakes I made, I have to take a different look at someone betting against their own team... that's throwing the game.


I'm just like everybody else. I have two arms, two legs and four-thousand hits.


My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is to practice, and then practice some more.


No matter how many times you say you're sorry, somebody is not going to hear you.


I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball.


I played with 11 Hall of Famers and played against 52 Hall of Famers, and I don't know any of them linked to steroids.


Willie Mays could throw better, and Hank Aaron could hit more home runs. But I've got enthusiasm. I've got desire. I've got hustle. Those are God-given talents, too.