Can you be a nicer gentleman, or a better man for your sport or your kids than Joe Paterno?
Any time you've got big teams winning, you've got big stars.
I don't go to bed every night worried about getting back into baseball.
Sparky Anderson taught me this a long time ago: 'There's three ways you can treat a person. You can pat 'em on the butt, you can kick 'em in the butt, or you can leave 'em alone.'
The greatest competitor was Bob Gibson. He worked so fast out there and he always had the hood up. He always wanted to close his own deal. He never talked to you because he was battling so hard. I sure as hell don't miss batting against him, but I miss him in the game.
Somebody's gotta win and somebody's gotta lose and I believe in letting the other guy lose.
I still gamble, but it's all legal. I own horses, and I go to watch my horse. I don't go daily.
I don't think there's any honor bigger than going to your Hall of Fame for your sport.
I had an addiction to play baseball.
If somebody is gracious enough to give me a second chance, I won't need a third.
I always liked the defensive part of baseball.
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.
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.
When somebody wants to interview me, I've always got something to say.
I am grateful that I live in a nation where most believe that one's punishment should fit their wrongdoing and that ours is a nation that judges an individual by both what he has done and how he has changed.
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 never picked up my phone and called a bookmaker and bet on a baseball game from the clubhouse. Never.
I know about winning batting titles.
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.
Your obligation as a base runner is to try and be safe within the rules. OK?
I can't remember, I wish I could remember the first time I bet on baseball.
There's other ways to make your head and muscles bigger than just steroids.
