I'm a ballplayer. I know how hard the game is... and anybody that makes it in the Hall of Fame, I support. They become a member of our special fraternity.

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.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

Conditioning was something I always shied away from, now I've learnt that training never stops.

Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought and not as many of those who worry about their shortcomings believe an eloquent exhibition of wit or oratory.

If you feel guilty about not "playing nice," then you could easily alleviate your guilt by playing nice.

Not joy is the mother of dissipation, but joylessness.

It was selfish what I asked her to do, even if it wound up being the most unselfish thing I've ever done.

And you are never to stir out of doors till you can prove that you have spent ten minutes of every day in a rational manner.

Why does it have to be hard in life? I was waiting all through life for love. When I finally found it, it is far far away from where I am.

Failures are like skinned knees, painful but superficial.

If, after spending time with a person, you feel as though you've lost a quart of plasma, avoid that person in the future.