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The Grand Ole Opry, to a country singer, is what Yankee Stadium is to a baseball player. Broadway to an actor. It's the top of the ladder, the top of the mountain. You don't just play the Opry; you live it.

The great appeal of baseball, among the great appeals, it's a game without time. It is a pastoral game that is separated from time.

The greatest challenge I think is adjusting to not playing baseball. The reason for that is I had to come out of baseball and come into the business world, not being a college graduate, not being educated to come into the business world the way I should have.

The greatest feeling in the world is to win a major league game. The second-greatest feeling is to lose a major league game.

The greatest thing I ever saw was Roger Maris breaking Babe Ruth's record.

The great thing about baseball is that there's a crisis every day.

The great thing about baseball is when you're done, you'll only tell your grandchildren the good things. If they ask me about 1989, I'll tell them I had amnesia.

The great trouble with baseball today is that most of the players are in the game for the money and that's it, not for the love of it, the excitement of it, the thrill of it.

The hats of all eras thrill me. People don't wear them anymore. So when you see an outfit completed by a hat (that's for men too) it's thrilling. Especially if it's a Cloche from the 20's or a "Peter Pan" from the 30's, a Homburg from the 50's, or a Stingy Brim from the 60's. It's time stamping. Today everybody just wants to wear a baseball cap!

The hardest thing to do in sports, I think, is to hit a home run.

The hardest thing to do in baseball is to hit a round baseball with a round bat, squarely.

The history of [Mariano] Rivera is pretty unbelievable. And even if you're not a Yankee or a baseball fan, you have to appreciate the tradition. He gets respect from Boston fans and Phillies fans, and I love tradition.

The highlight of my baseball career came in Philadelphia's Connie Mack Stadium when I saw a fan fall out of the upper deck. When he got up and walked away, the crowd booed.

The human hand is made complete by the addition of a baseball.

The interesting thing is that it seems like George W. Bush would have been happy being the president of anything. He could have been president of Major League Baseball. Less people killed. It wouldn't have affected the world on a planetary level. Sure, there would have been little things. There would have been scandals and kind of numbskull things here and there .

The interesting thing is that it seems like George W. Bush would have been happy being the president of anything. He could have been president of Major League Baseball.

The key step for an infielder is the first one, but before the ball is hit.

The last time the Cubs won the World Series was 1908. The last time they were in one was 1945. Hey, any team can have a bad century.

The key to hitting for high average is to relax, concentrate, and don't hit the fly ball to center field.

The last time Pena faced the Padres, the Dodgers scratched for a run to tie the game and then went on to win 4-0.

The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.

The money I saved during baseball was probably all gone. I'm tapped out.

The Maker of the universe with stars a hundred thousand light-years apart was interested, furious, and very personal about it if a small boy played baseball on Sunday afternoon.

The Mets has come along slow, but fast!

The more baseball the better. It is a healthful sport and develops team play and initiative, plus an independent attitude.

The Mets are gonna be amazing.

The most fun I ever had in my life was hittin' a baseball. And the best sound I ever heard in my life was a ball hit with a bat. Powww!

The more that Japanese players go to the big leagues to play and succeed, the more that will serve to inspire young kids in Japan to want to become baseball players when they grow up.

The most amazing thing I've ever seen was Jay Johnstone, in uniform, in line at a concession stand in Dodger Stadium after the game had already started.

The most important part of a player's body is above his shoulders.

The most overrated underrated player in baseball.

The more we lose, the more he'll fly in. And the more he flies in, the better the chance there'll be a plane crash.

The most difficult thing in baseball is to be consistent. You can have one good year, but if the next is bad you're defrauding everyone.

The new definition of a heathen is a man who has never played baseball.

The National League is baseball to me.

The new Haitian baseball can't weigh more than four ounces or less than five.

The NFL has a hard cap, but if you ask 20 NFL experts who is going to win the Super Bowl this year, you might get 20 different answers. If you then asked 20 baseball experts who is going to represent the American League in the World Series, at least 90 percent of them would say the Yankees and the rest would say Seattle.

The one constant in life is baseball

The one thing I always said to myself was that when baseball started to feel more like a job, it would be time to move forward.

The older pitcher acquires confidence in his ballclub. He doesn't try to do it all himself.

The older they get, the better they were when they were younger.

The one thing about the music business is that there is no rulebook. It's not like the NFL or something where there's four downs to get ten yards or baseball where it's three strikes and you're out.

The only good thing about playing in Cleveland is you don't have to make road trips there.

The only dream I've ever had is to become a major league baseball player.

The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play.

The only thing I can do is play baseball. I have to play ball. It's the only thing I know.

The only thing my father and I have in common is that our similarities are different.

The only thing worse than a Mets game is a Mets doubleheader.

The only time I really try for a strikeout is when I'm in a jam. If the bases are loaded with none out, for example, then I'll go for a strikeout. But most of the time I try to throw to spots. I try to get them to pop up or ground out. On a strikeout I might have to throw five or six pitches, sometimes more if there are foul-offs. That tires me. So I just try to get outs. That's what counts - outs. You win with outs, not strikeouts.

The only thing that keeps this organization from being recognized as one of the finest in baseball is wins and losses at the major league level.