After Jackie Robinson the most important black in baseball history is Reggie Jackson, I really mean that.
Hitting is better than sex.
Every hitter likes fastballs just like everybody likes ice cream. But you don't like it when someone's stuffing it into you by the gallon. That's how you feel when (Nolan) Ryan's throwing balls by you.
The will to win is worthless if you don't get paid for it.
You don't face [Nolan] Ryan without your rest. He's the only guy I go against that makes me go to bed before midnight.
So many ideas come to you and you want to try them all but you can't. You're like a mosquito in a nudist camp. You don't know where to start. On how to break out of a slump
I have a hard time believing athletes are overpriced. If an owner is losing money, give it up. It's a business. I have trouble figuring out why owners would stay in if they're losing money.
I am the best in baseball.
A baseball swing is a very finely tuned instrument. It is repetition, and more repetition, then a little more after that.
