You don't save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain.
I don't think about how many people are watching me. I'm just happy to play baseball for myself.
There are places I want to visit where if I'm wearing a baseball cap and some sunglasses I think I can get away with and mingle in a crowd.
I'm very distressed that the report was leaked early so that the initial headline said 'dismissed, fired. ' That's 180 degrees from the arrangement we have potentially.
My advice is that you go and do something that you are really driven to do. I loved to play baseball and, because I loved it, I practiced it. Some of us have limitations, but if you are passionate about something and if you have the drive, then you can accomplish it.
I've played a baseball player a few times, but in my career I've been blessed to have played a wide range of characters.
Mike Caldwell, the Padres' right-handed southpaw, will pitch tonight.
I never argue with people who say baseball is boring, because baseball is boring. And then, suddenly, it isn't. And that's what makes it great.
And I found out, the other part of it is that I found out and in my desire to life successfully, that baseball fit very well into my life. It's been a great teacher, trainer, mentor and you'll see what I mean in the next few minutes that I have to speak.
The most fun I ever had in my life was hittin' a baseball. And the best sound I ever heard in my life was a ball hit with a bat. Powww!
Oakland is home, and you always want to go home. Anytime you get the chance, you're happy to go home.
Our economics are not baseball's economics. Our game is not baseball's game. Our owners are not baseball's owners, with one or two exceptions. Our union is not baseball's union. What we do has to be crafted and suited to address hockey, to address the NHL, to address our 30 teams and our 700-plus players.
If it weren't for Jesus, I would not be where I am today and my life would be without purpose. I've heard kids say they want to be just like me when they grow up. They should know I want to be just like Jesus.
I'll play out the string and leave baseball without a tear. A man can't play games his whole life.
I hear the cheers when they roared and the jeers when they echoed.
Today I am the greatest of all time.
Casey wanted us to stay loose. That didn't mean clowning around. He just meant we should be confident and relaxed. We shouldn't feel that one strikeout was going to end the season for us.
I did a lot of bad stuff from the age of 18 to 21. Those are days when everyone is usually in college doing a lot of stupid things. But since I was playing baseball, I was in the spotlight. I take full responsibility for doing things that I shouldn't have been doing. And I appreciate the second chance that the Twins are giving me.
You are inferior to no one. others may treat you that way, but that is their problem. You are above all of this.
I didn't know whether to laugh, s*it, or go blind!
