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" Virtually every civilized society today holds sacred the right to peaceably bury their dead. "
Mike Schmidt
Society
Right
Today
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" I don't think I can get into my deep inner thoughts about hitting. It's like talking about religion. "
Mike Schmidt
Religion
Thoughts
Deep
" If you could equate the amount of time and effort put in mentally and physically into succeeding on the baseball field and measured it by the dirt on your uniform, mine would have been black. "
Mike Schmidt
Baseball
Black
Effort
" I could ask the Phillies to keep me on to add to my statistics, but my love for the game won't let me do that. "
Mike Schmidt
Keep
Game
Ask
" I've got to tell you right out of the chute, Ryan Howard, to me, is very interested in my input in his hitting. To me that makes me really feel good. We've chatted over the years about hitting. "
Mike Schmidt
Me
You
Right
" They read their sports pages, know their statistics and either root like hell or boo our butts off. I love it. Give me vocal fans, pro or con, over the tourist types who show up in Houston or Montreal and just sit there. "
Mike Schmidt
Statistics
Hell
Know
" I sort of ride the fence on that whole steroid era issue. I don't have a definite opinion like some of my fellow Hall of Famers. Some of the guys were very, very adamant about a person being associated with steroids: 'They'll never be in the Hall of Fame. If they are, I'll never come back.' "
Mike Schmidt
Fence
Fame
Back
" Gold Gloves are nice to have people mention. They're basically saying you're a pretty good defensive player along with everything else. But I was about the offensive side. "
Mike Schmidt
Gold
You
Saying
" Pete Rose is the most likable arrogant person I've ever met. "
Mike Schmidt
Arrogant
Rose
Person
" I'm 61 now, and I'm comfortable in my lifestyle... I don't yearn for the limelight on a regular basis. I get a kick out of it every so often. I go to Philly and go to a game, and they make a big deal about me. That's fun for a couple of days, and I can go back to my own private life. "
Mike Schmidt
Back
I Can
Game
" Any time you think you have the game conquered, the game will turn around and punch you right in the nose. "
Mike Schmidt
Game
You
Turn