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" When you play this game twenty years, go to bat ten-thousand times, and get three-thousand hits, do you know what that means? You've gone zero for seven-thousand. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Any time you've got big teams winning, you've got big stars. "

" Never bet on baseball. "

" Your obligation as a base runner is to try and be safe within the rules. OK? "

" Since 1869, baseball has been doing pretty well. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Willie Mays could throw better, and Hank Aaron could hit more home runs. But I've got enthusiasm. I've got desire. I've got hustle. Those are God-given talents, too. "

" I'm not sure Mark McGwire was a Hall of Famer to begin with. "

" Brooks Robinson belongs in a higher league. "

" My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is to practice, and then practice some more. "

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

" I've never looked forward to a birthday like I'm looking forward to my new daughter's birthday, because two days after that is when I can apply for reinstatement. "

" I admitted I bet on baseball, but I wasn't suspended from baseball for betting on baseball. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Sometimes, when you don't have spark, someone in the dugout has to create something. "

" No player or manager has greater respect for the umpires than I do, and I have demonstrated that over the years. "

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

" I can't remember, I wish I could remember the first time I bet on baseball. "

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

" You know, baseball's not stupid. Baseball does what the fans want, usually. "

" I know about winning batting titles. "

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