I don't think I can play any other way but all out . . . I enjoy the game so much because I'm putting so much into it.

He looks like a greyhound, but he runs like a bus.

If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing you grandmother with her teeth out.

I was three over. One over a house, one over a patio, and one over a swimming pool.

Even today, if the Royals win six games all year, if they're going to go 6-156, I hope they beat the Yankees six times.

Old third basemen become first basemen, and old first basemen become designated hitters.

I am not too serious about anything. I believe you have to enjoy yourself to get the most out of your ability. I can take the criticism with the accolades. Neither affects me.

I was scared everyday I put on the uniform.

There's nothing like Opening Day. There's nothing like the start of a new season. I started playing baseball when I was seven years old and quit playing when I was 40, so it's kind of in my blood.

A woman will be elected President before Wade Boggs is called out on strikes. I guarantee that.

I could have played another year, but I would have been playing for the money, and baseball deserves better than that.

The weak fall, but the strong shall rise up as a phoenix else we will be no more than a pile of ash.

I can think of no more dangerous a position than to learn to tolerate evil in order to become accustomed to reality.

Happiness real only when shared.

[On gardens:] I think they're sanctuaries for the mind and spirit. ... It's easy to feel wonder-struck in a garden, especially if you cultivate delight.

His heart, like mine, was ticking off the time allotted to his small restless body.

Opposing [Donald]Trump aligns you with Hamas.

Yesterday belongs to the dead. Tomorrow belongs to the living.

Fortuna smiles and frowns according to a timetable surprising even to herself.

In relationship, be blissful, in aloneness be aware and they will help each other, like two wings of a bird.

An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to escape it is indeed disgraceful.