Can you be a nicer gentleman, or a better man for your sport or your kids than Joe Paterno?
I bet on the game of baseball and I bet on my team, even the mistakes I made, I have to take a different look at someone betting against their own team... that's throwing the game.
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.
Brooks Robinson belongs in a higher league.
Who cares if you bunt for a base hit?
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.
I love the fans, I love the game of baseball, and I love Cincinnati baseball.
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.
I owe baseball. Baseball don't owe me a damn thing.
I always liked the defensive part of baseball.
You don't dominate any sport when you're over 40.
Sometimes, when you don't have spark, someone in the dugout has to create something.
I would think if someone connected to steroids made the Hall of Fame, that would enhance my chances of making the Hall of Fame.
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.
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.
I still gamble, but it's all legal. I own horses, and I go to watch my horse. I don't go daily.
They haven't given too many gamblers a second chances in the world of baseball.
I'm not going to go back to gambling; I mean, it's as simple as that.
I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball.
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.