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It's not like you can aim for a home run and hit a home run.
I love pitching in front of big crowds and in huge stadiums.
Other than the voices in my head, I think I’m pretty normal.
I have a medical history folder that's a lot thicker than most.
It's like you came to a controversy and a ball game breaks out.
I can't get into specifics. Someday, hopefully, I'll be able to.
I just had an operation for piles - all my troubles are behind me.
Sometimes in this game its as good to be lucky as it is to be good.
Well, I grew up in the Bay Area, so I've been in earthquakes before.
I'm so secure in myself I couldn't care less what people think of me.
I'm a whole new pitcher. I'm more comfortable with all of my pitches.
Hey, I'm serious here? Why do you have to ask me how many hits I have?
I'm a small-town guy, and moving to a huge city might be an adjustment.
My mom can still slap me silly and my dad still threatens to ground me.
As a younger player, you always kind of play with that fear of failure.
Greg Maddux could put a baseball through a life saver if you asked him.
Im pretty fair-skinned, so I need to get in the sun for a little while.
I'm pretty fair-skinned, so I need to get in the sun for a little while.
I don't think Hank's home run record will ever be broken. There's no way.
It was a good opportunity to show the Reds the guidelines on the catwalk.
I look at scouting reports, but don't let them dictate what I'm throwing.
Not true at all. Vaseline is manufactured right here in the United States.
I want to keep things simple and keep my energy focused on moving forward.
I'm Cuban-American, everybody says. I have a Cuban background, Cuban blood.
Being patient, feeling comfortable, taking my walks-that's part of my game.
I don't care what any writer says about me ... I just want to play my game.
Librarians are notorious snitches—don’t let anybody convince you otherwise.
You know, my main goal in life is trying not to end up in a straightjacket.
Ballplayers, like everyone else, like to get told they did something right.
I don't want to get into autobiographies, I don't want to talk about myself.
I don't want to get into autobiographies; I don't want to talk about myself.
The biggest thing as I have gotten older is the calmness that's come over me.
What you have to do in certain situations, that's called situational hitting.
The Yankees are only interested in one thing, and I have no idea what that is.
I loved coming up with players in scoring position and I had to drive them in.
You've got a little round ball and a little round bat and anything can happen.
I was doing what I love to do: play baseball. Not going to complain about that.
When I paint to please other people I tend to lose the free spirit creative edge.
I always wondered how it would be to put on a Braves uniform and play in Atlanta.
Cincinnati is perfect for me. I've met a lot of good people there who like to fish.
I grew up on the softball field. Every day I would take my glove and my bat with me
I was this 5-7 pudgy kid in high school... I wasn't a popular kid. I was an outcast.
I kept believing that, if I got my innings in, it would come. I just kept believing.
Never let yourself get fooled by the same pitcher on the same pitch on the same day.
I'm a baseball player. Not being able to play baseball certainly was a lonely thing.
I had fun coming every day and playing in front of a packed house - it was exciting.
It is not easy being trapped in a school that is caught between cornfields and cows.
I grew up on the softball field. Every day I would take my glove and my bat with me.
I woke up this morning and I said to my self, 'Self, I think we need to party today'.
I still have very close ties to Houston and the Astros because that was my first team.