Didn't come up here to read. Came up here to hit.

The thing I like about baseball is that it's one-on-one. You stand up there alone, and if you make a mistake, it's your mistake. If you hit a home run, it's your home run.

I don't feel right unless I have a sport to play or at least a way to work up a sweat.

I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling for him.

We didn't come here to become Washington, we came here to change Washington.

I didn't come here and I ain't leavin'.