I thought it might be a cool thing [food show] to do when I retired a few years later. Then retirement came slightly prematurely.

I play to lift a city, and raise a banner.

When I was playing, my wife and kids would go on the road with me, and we would go to different lunch spots that we saw on "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives."

Just because you're big doesn't mean you can't be an athlete. And just because you work out doesn't mean you're going to have a 12-pack.

You don't need to have a perfect ending to be happy.

Obviously, I think this [162 games a year four times] caused my early retirement, but I couldn't do it any other way. Just for the record, I never asked for any of the days off in my career.

Coming up through high school, coaches would tell me not to swing so hard. It's the only way I know. It just happens.

If there's a man on second, I'm trying to get him in with a base hit. The doubles and homers will come. Sooner or later they'll go out naturally. I'm just trying not to do too much.

Miguel and Justin, the two biggest guys on the team, welcomed me right away and once the cool kids in school like you, it's easy to get along.

A lot of people probably say I'm stupid, and they're probably right, because there are people who take days off who are still in the league, and I'm not.

I have nothing left to prove. I've already done enough to my neck.

Jewelry maybe is more expensive than clothes, but clothes are more important than jewelry.

If you ever need a helping hand, it is at the end of your arm. As you get older you must remember you have a second hand. The first one is to help yourself. The second hand is to help others.

I think reading is important for a variety of things. I mean, first of all, it's a way to get information and find out what's going on in the world. But also, it helps your imagination.

sometimes in life doing what we shouldn't do is the emergency

Women are like tea bags: put them in hot water and they get stronger.

If you don't succeed, you run the risk of failure.

I know two types of law because I know two types of men, those who are with us and those who are against us.

Charity isn't a good substitute for justice.

The peacock in all his pride does not display half the colors that appear in the garments of a British lady when she is dressed.

To offend and judge are distinct offices, And of opposed natures.