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" We were so poor when I was a kid that I had a sister who was stamped, 'Made In Japan.' "

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" There is an old saying that money can't buy happiness. If it could, I would buy myself four hits every game. "

" If you screw up and do something, don't lie about it; come clean. "

" Umpires got power, man. You ever notice if you go to a ballpark and there's a close play on first base, they will not run the replay at the ballpark? I've seen umpires go underneath and call up and say if you run one more of those replays, we're gonna forfeit the game. That's how strong their union is. "

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

" I met Gerald Ford. I met Richard Nixon. I met Jimmy Carter. I met Dwight Eisenhower when he was a general. George Bush senior. I haven't met Bill Clinton or George W. Bush, although I got a letter from him. "

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

" When somebody wants to interview me, I've always got something to say. "

" Who cares if you bunt for a base hit? "

" With the money I'm making, I should be playing two positions. "

" Brooks Robinson belongs in a higher league. "

" A lot of these catchers don't understand that they are blocking the plate and they don't have the ball. You're not allowed to block the plate without the ball. "

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

" 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. "

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

" A team will take on its manager's personality. If it's a laid back manager, you'll have a laid back personality. The players will see that if it's OK for the Manager to be laid back, then you'll have a laid back team. "

" I'm just like everybody else. I have two arms, two legs and four-thousand hits. "

" I always liked the defensive part of baseball. "

" Are you tall? Are you strong? How big are your hands? You must be honest with yourself or you will end up using the wrong bat. "

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

" Never bet on 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. "

" Obama's a great speaker. Because of his speaking ability and his appearance, a lot of guys got on board. Being the first African American, a lot guys got on board. "

" Baseball is an individual game, but it should never be a personal game. "

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

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

" It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square. "

" Some players you pat their butts, some players you kick their butts, some players you leave alone. "

" Baseball and the players association have rules. If you stay within the rules - which say that you can play while you're appealing - I don't see what anyone would be in arms about. "

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

" I came to Vegas because I work 20 days a month here; I couldn't live anywhere else. "