(19 quotes found)
“My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, "You're tearing up the grass"; "We're not raising grass," Dad would reply. "We're raising boys";”
Harmon Killebrew
“Life is precious and time is a key element. Let's make every moment count and help those who have a greater need than our own.”
“I didn't have evil intentions, but I guess I did have power.”
“Believe it or not, we had fun playing the game, too. And I don't see that so much anymore. It's great to see these guys again.”
“There's a little sadness to it, too because some of the guys that were lost over the years, that aren't here with us.”
“The problems he had were in the outfield. When you first saw him out there, 'How is he ever going to be able to play?' But Tony stayed with it, and became a good outfielder.”
“I think the only word [the Cuba-born Oliva] could say in English when I met him was 'hamburger.' When I see him, I always tell him, 'I've known you for 40 years, and I still can't understand you.' ”
“Tony had that problem with throwing his bat,”
“I don't think we've been together for a long time. I can't remember the last time, ... Right up until that final out of the seventh game, we still had a chance to win. It was a great World Series.”
“It's very disappointing, ... Anything that harms the integrity of the game is terrible. We always thought we were immune to drugs in baseball, but we know that's not true anymore.”
