Failure Is A Part Of Success.

I Never Doubted My Ability, But When You Hear All Your Life You're Inferior, It Makes You Wonder If The Other Guys Have Something You've Never Seen Before. If They Do, I'm Still Looking For It.

I Never Smile When I Have A Bat In My Hands. That's When You've Got To Be Serious.

Sure, This Country Has A Black President, But When You Look At A Black President, President Obama Is Left With His Foot Stuck In The Mud From All Of The Republicans With The Way He's Treated. We Have Moved In The Right Direction, And There Have Been Improvements, But We Still Have A Long Ways To Go In The Country.

The Thing I Like About Baseball Is That It's One-on-one. You Stand Up There Alone, And If You Make A Mistake, It's Your Mistake. If You Hit A Home Run, It's Your Home Run.

I've Tried A Lot Of Things In The Off-season, But The Only Thing I Really Know Is Baseball.