I'd rather be a good person off the field than a good baseball player on the field.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
What really matters is who you are when you step on the field, and I will let my bat and my glove speak for themselves.
In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are.
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.
Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.
Just as I'm fortunate to pitch in the big leagues, I'm also fortunate for the time I get to spend outdoors.
No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.
When I went to high school, my most passionate desire was to be a professional baseball player. But something within me told me that was not going to happen.
I'm not an athlete, I'm a baseball player.
I wanted to be a professional baseball player.
I always wanted to be a major-league baseball player.