Carlos Ruiz has been there, done that. I've seen it firsthand. He's gotten huge hits off me before in the post-season. He's been there. He's calm. He's confident back there.

I'll never take for granted the opportunity to put on a Dodger uniform.

Because we call ourselves Christians, our actions need to reflect Christ.

At the end of the day, if we don't win that game, we're going home, anyway, so what does it matter. I just wanted to be available, and it ended up to the point where I could help out tonight.

I've got an air mattress for a bed...really living the high life.

You know the only thing for me, obviously the routine was completely different, but I had plenty of time getting loose. I threw enough pitches, took my time. Tried to time it out as best I could.

It's a weird feeling more than anything. You kind of have to swallow your pride a little bit, realize we won the game, be excited about it. We get to go back to D.C.

Just trying to keep everything in check, you know, it gives me a lot of respect for closers. You're doing that 75 times a year, so that's pretty impressive.

I was just kind of doing the math.

All I want out of life is that when I walk down the street folks will say "There goes the greatest hitter who ever lived."

When I got out of the army, I had the G.I. Bill. Since I had no high school education or anything like that, I came to NYU, and they took a chance on me and let me in.

Steel is prince or pauper.

The good news is that in every deck of fifty-two cards there are 2,598,960 possible hands. The bad news is that you are only going to be dealt one of them.

With four pairs of shoes I can travel the world.

Happy endings are still endings.

The obstinacy of the indolent and weak is less conquerable than that of the fiery and bold.

We often hear a lot about subsidies, because it's often the powerful talking about the poor; the poor don't have enough voice to question the privileges.

I don't like talking too much about my personal life, but it all goes into my work.

The love that is never to be realized will often remain a man's guiding ideal.