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When I was 16 years old, my brother Frank said, 'You'd better become a catcher, because you're too big and fat to do anything else.' Well, I took his advice. It was a quick way to get to the big leagues, and I've never regretted it.

I always wanted to be a major-league baseball player.

Finally, for all of us but a lucky few, the dream of playing big-time baseball is relinquished so we can get on with grown-up things.

I wanted to be a professional baseball player.

I'm not an athlete, I'm a baseball player.

You have to go understand that life and baseball is littered with all kinds of obstacles and problems along the way. You have to learn how to overcome them to be successful in life.

One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something.

I thought I was a pretty good shortstop, but I also wanted to play in the major leagues.

Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.

Success isn't about being the biggest. It's about letting the right size find you.