He looks like a greyhound, but he runs like a bus.

If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing you grandmother with her teeth out.

I don't think I can play any other way but all out . . . I enjoy the game so much because I'm putting so much into it.

I was three over. One over a house, one over a patio, and one over a swimming pool.

Even today, if the Royals win six games all year, if they're going to go 6-156, I hope they beat the Yankees six times.

Old third basemen become first basemen, and old first basemen become designated hitters.

I am not too serious about anything. I believe you have to enjoy yourself to get the most out of your ability. I can take the criticism with the accolades. Neither affects me.

I was scared everyday I put on the uniform.

There's nothing like Opening Day. There's nothing like the start of a new season. I started playing baseball when I was seven years old and quit playing when I was 40, so it's kind of in my blood.

A woman will be elected President before Wade Boggs is called out on strikes. I guarantee that.

I could have played another year, but I would have been playing for the money, and baseball deserves better than that.

Being kind, being compassionate, being respectful does not make you weak. More often, it's the harder path to take.

At church with meek and unaffected grace His looks adorn'd the venerable place Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway And fools who came to scoff remain'd to pray.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Man isn't a fool for his ignorance, but rather for believing things that are wrong.

Working through experience is best for me, just being there and trying to get into the mode.

I'm so from the Woody Allen/Spike Lee school.

All stories should have some honesty and truth in them, otherwise you're just playing about.

Never believe that body is permanent. Body is like a water bubble. Mind is like a mad monkey.

There is some pain that nothing heals" [Zarek}

I'm trying to use the camera to get into people's heads. I use camera techniques a lot to articulate character.