Growing Old is Mandatory - Growing Up Is Optional

Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.

You fool around with different pitches playing catch, but it's not the same when you've got to face some guy with a bat in his hand.

I've been on teams that lost a hundred games in a season. I've been on teams that had a shot to make the playoffs and fizzled out at the end.

Professionalism is not sportsmanship. If you don't succeed, you won't be in your profession for long. In our society, it's not about good or bad. It's about who's on top.

The first time I picked up a bat in a professional game, I hit a ball hard left-handed, and my first home run was so effortless, it surprised me.