I never did say that you can't be a nice guy and win. I said that if I was playing third base and my mother rounded third with the winning run, I'd trip her up.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Some people have questioned whether or not I can play a nice guy. Sometimes you can't win for losing.
I haven't played a lot of nice guys.
When I was a kid, my mother told me that if you could not be a good loser, then there's no way you could be a good winner.
Everybody thinks you can get by by being Mr. Nice Guy, but that's not what winning programs do. Winning programs have a plan.
I don't ever remember seeing a base runner who was all the way to third base run back across the mound. It was kind of a respectful thing.
Being nice doesn't necessarily mean you're weak. You can be nice and be strong at the same time. That's a character trait that we need more in Washington.
People who know me would say they get a kick out of the fact that I'm always playing nice people, not that I'm not a nice person, but it's not a defining element.
When people think of me, they think about me knocking catchers down and knocking second basemen down and yelling at pitchers. But when I took the spikes off after the game, I was a nice guy when I went home.
I've twice run against women opponents, and it's a very different kind of approach. For those of us who have some chivalry left, there's a level of respect... You treat some things as a special treasure; you treat other things as common.
You know, I don't really think you have to play nice guys.