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" They haven't given too many gamblers a second chances in the world of baseball. "

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" I played with 11 Hall of Famers and played against 52 Hall of Famers, and I don't know any of them linked to steroids. "

" There is no doubt that because I am a switch hitter I have one of the best offensive advantages that a hitter can have. "

" No one ever asked what was my relationship with Bart Giamatti. We used to talk about baseball a lot as a player and a commissioner, just talk about the game, what could we do to help the game, where's the game going, he was pretty good. "

" The team that wins two-thirds of its one run games usually wins the pennant. "

" You don't dominate any sport when you're over 40. "

" Back in 1960 at Christmas time, I did work loading and unloading boxcars for Railway Express. That was a kind of weight training that helped me. I weighed about 160 when I started. I began to gain weight and kept right on gaining until I reached 195 pounds. "

" If baseball wants to get you, they've got enough resources and enough investigators that they'll find a way to get you. "

" Brooks Robinson belongs in a higher league. "

" I get accused of talking about records. But it's the guys who interview me who ask about them. "

" In the old days, you know, they didn't have batting cages. And in most ball parks, they only had one runway to the dugout. "

" My body is my best asset. "

" I'm not going to go back to gambling; I mean, it's as simple as that. "

" I don't go to bed every night worried about getting back into baseball. "

" There's other ways to make your head and muscles bigger than just steroids. "

" Somebody's gotta win and somebody's gotta lose and I believe in letting the other guy lose. "

" I would think if someone connected to steroids made the Hall of Fame, that would enhance my chances of making the Hall of Fame. "

" I never gave up as a player, and I won't give up as someone who wants to go to the Hall of Fame, because it's the ultimate goal for a baseball player or a football player or a basketball player. "

" Of course, I believe that Mike Piazza is probably the greatest offensive catcher in the history of baseball, only got over 50%. Johnny Bench is the best catcher in the history of baseball, but Piazza has all the record for catchers as far as offensively. "

" No matter how many times you say you're sorry, somebody is not going to hear you. "

" Can you be a nicer gentleman, or a better man for your sport or your kids than Joe Paterno? "

" I'm built like my dad. Stocky, strong. "

" Playing baseball for a living is like having a license to steal. "

" Sparky Anderson taught me this a long time ago: 'There's three ways you can treat a person. You can pat 'em on the butt, you can kick 'em in the butt, or you can leave 'em alone.' "

" I still gamble, but it's all legal. I own horses, and I go to watch my horse. I don't go daily. "

" I always liked the defensive part of baseball. "

" Sliding headfirst is the safest way to get to the next base, I think, and the fastest. You don't lose your momentum, and there's one more important reason I slide headfirst, it gets my picture in the paper. "

" I am grateful that I live in a nation where most believe that one's punishment should fit their wrongdoing and that ours is a nation that judges an individual by both what he has done and how he has changed. "

" Am I still in uniform? Then I ain't retired. "

" I look at the records, and you don't win the Cy Young seven times or the MVP without being a good player. "

" The game of baseball is better when the Dodgers are playing well, just like when the Yankees are playing well, or the Cubs, the Phillies, the big-name teams. "