One of the first benchmarks in a season are far as at-bats is 100.
I have great memories of being a Cub, and I'm happy building new ones with the Phillies.
No player in baseball history worked harder, suffered more, or did it better than Andre Dawson. He's the best I've ever seen.
My wife Margaret is the best thing that's ever happened to me.
When we went home every winter, they warned us not to lift heavy weights because they didn't want us to lose flexibility. They wanted us to be baseball players, not only home run hitters.
Your first responsibility is to the organization, to teach and prepare players to get to the big leagues and have them ready when they get there, but everyone in the minors wants to be in the majors.
I struggled many times when maybe it didn't look like I was struggling, and I had to work hard every day.
I was in awe every time I walked on to the field.
Even if we're in fifth place in September, I get butterflies before a game. I'm nervous.
I am not the type of person who can leave my game at the ballpark and feel comfortable that my future is set regardless of my performance.
The reason I am here, they tell me, is that I played the game a certain way, that I played the game the way it was supposed to be played.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am.
I had too much respect for the game to leave it behind or to make it my second or third sport in college.
If you played the game the right way, played the game for the team, good things would happen.
My mom was at every single game I played as a kid, rain or shine.
The fourth major league game I ever saw in person, I was in uniform.
Hit a home run - put your head down, drop the bat, run around the bases, because the name on the front is more - a lot more important than the name on the back.
When did it - When did it become okay for someone to hit home runs and forget how to play the rest of the game?
A lot of people say this honor validates my career, but I didn't work hard for validation.
I played it right because that's what you're supposed to do - play it right and with respect.
