I like to be against the odds. I'm not afraid to be lonely at the top. With me, it's just read more

I like to be against the odds. I'm not afraid to be lonely at the top. With me, it's just the satisfaction of the game. Just performance.

My sister's expecting a baby, and I don't know if I'm going to be an uncle or an aunt.
(explaining read more

My sister's expecting a baby, and I don't know if I'm going to be an uncle or an aunt.
(explaining to Coach Jim Valvano why he appeared nervous at practice, 1982)

Most skiers are really motorcyclists in cute clothes.

Most skiers are really motorcyclists in cute clothes.

For man, maximum excitement is the confrontation of death and the skillful defiance of it by watching others fed to read more

For man, maximum excitement is the confrontation of death and the skillful defiance of it by watching others fed to it as he survives transfixed with rapture.

I am the most loyal player money can buy.
(Pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, read more

I am the most loyal player money can buy.
(Pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics and California Angels)

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.

[He] called me a 'rapist' and a 'recluse'. I'm not a recluse.

[He] called me a 'rapist' and a 'recluse'. I'm not a recluse.

I was showing early symptoms of becoming a professional baseball man. I was lying to the press.

I was showing early symptoms of becoming a professional baseball man. I was lying to the press.

You get out in front -- you stay out in front.

You get out in front -- you stay out in front.