The more self-centered and egotistical a guy is, the better ballplayer he's going to be.

When cerebral processes enter into sports, you start screwing up. It's like the Constitution, which says separate church and state. You have to separate mind and body.

Kids don't learn the fundamentals of baseball at the games anymore.

That was real baseball. We weren't playing for money. They gave us Mickey Mouse watches that ran backwards.

That might have been the worst point of my life in baseball. I had never played with anybody but the Reds. We had gelled together and all of a sudden I got traded, kicked out of the house. It took a while to get over it.

The guy is incredible. He might be the fastest guy in baseball.