My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.
The way a team plays as a whole determines its success.
Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time.
The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.
I stare out the window and wait for spring.
Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.
The two most important things in life are good friends and a strong bullpen.
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possibly be - in baseball and in life.
It ain't like football. You can't make up no trick plays.
There are three types of baseball players: Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen and those who wonder what happens.
Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.
There may be people who have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do - and I believe that.
Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.
If you aren't going all the way, why go at all?
You gotta be a man to play baseball for a living, but you gotta have a lot of little boy in you, too.
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