A lot of people don't know this, but he beat me to the flag. I saw Rick start running over from center field to left. I didn't know what it was, but as soon as I saw him start, I took off and I ran out there, and of course, by that time, Rick had picked up the flag and continued running. When I got there, I see these two guys and I told them, 'Why don't one of you guys take a swing at me?' because there were 50-something thousand people in the ballpark and I only wanted them to swing at me, so I could defend myself and do a job on them. |
About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure. |
All last year we tried to teach him Fernando Valenzuela English, and the only word he learned was million. |
All last year we tried to teach him Fernando Valenzuela English, and the only word he learned was million. |
ALWAYS give an autograph when somebody asks you. |
Baseball is like driving, it's the one who gets home safely that counts. |
Baseball is like driving, it's the one who gets home safely that counts. |
Do you know how many countries are represented in the Olympics, and how many sports, and how many athletes? ... A lot. A lot. But no Americans in baseball? Why? Why? It's sad. Very sad. |
Frank asks me questions, and I give him opinions, and that's it. I'm the senior advisor to the chairman of the board. It wouldn't be good if we both had the same opinions. |
Guys ask me, don't I get burned out? How can you get burned out doing something you love? I ask you, have you ever got tired of kissing a pretty girl? |
He (McCourt) asks me questions and I give him answers, ... He doesn't listen to me all the time. |
He (McCourt) asks me questions and I give him answers. He doesn't listen to me all the time. |
He did a tremendous job building a bridge between the United States and the world. He was an icon. |
He looks good. I wish he would have (signed) somewhere else. I don't want to see him playing against us, especially in San Diego. |
He loved USC very, very much. |