Don't count the days, make the days count.

We're not just athletes or entertainment -- we're human, too, and we have real emotions. Sometimes they don't realize that we have things going on behind the scenes that affects us whenever we go out and compete.

You have to be a man to be a big leaguer, but you have to have a lot of little boy in you, too.

It's not enough to be talented. It's not enough to work hard and to study late into the night. You must also become intimately aware of the methods you use to reach your decisions.

If you don't know where you're going, you might not get there.

Get in front of the ball, you won't get hurt. That's what you've got a chest for, young man.