Sammy Sosa's a September player, so you have to watch out for him. It's crunch time, time to make history.

Do you want to know the truth, or see me hit a few dingers?

Once and for all, I did not use steroids or any other illegal substance.

I think it puts baseball back on the map as a sport. It's America's pastime and just look at everyone coming out to the ballpark. It has been an exciting year.

The only reason I took steroids was for my health purposes. I did not take steroids to get any gain for any strength purposes.

If you want to maximize your total potential ... you have to know yourself first.

The mind is a powerful thing and most people don't use it properly.

I know it's tough. Everybody in baseball knows its tough. I'm just going to give it my best shot.

I wish that every player could feel what I've felt in visiting ballparks. The receptions I've received, it's blown me away. It's absolutely remarkable.

The thing I sort of get tired of hearing is if I don't hit home runs or don't get hits, that the pressure of the media is getting to me. Absolutely not. Believe me, it's not getting to me.

I sort of missed one big thing, to touch first base. I hope I didn't act foolish, but this is history.

I wonder why peopke are so afraid of love. Of different kinds of love. I just don't get it. Why aren't we afraid of racism" Of war? But love? It just doesn't make sense.

I'll die of embarrassment." "At least you'll die knowing.

For the purpose of human health, it appears that it is wise to work and live below 4, 900 feet.

Every second of every moment should be cherished. Life is beautiful

As American as an apple is and as American as baseball is, they don't go together. You can't be chewing an apple at a baseball game. You've got to let go of the diet that day.

The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments.

My mom gave me one of those cloth calendars for the kitchen. It took me three hours to sew in a dental appointment.

Combinatorialists and analysts always have different names for everything, in order to keep themselves from interacting.

Simplicity is a key to avoiding complication. Part of the definition of simplicity is 'not complex or complicated; sincere.'

I hope I'm remembered as the king of the world, the noble man who united all the nations of the earth. But that probably won't happen.