"Anything that harms the integrity of the game is terrible. We always thought we were immune to drugs in baseball, but we know that's not true anymore"

"I don't do drugs. I am drugs"

"Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian"

"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball"

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings"

"It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course"

"Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power"

"In my private life, I'm not around any drugs or alcohol"

"No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball"

"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me"

"These days baseball is different. You come to spring training, you get your legs ready, you arms loose, your agents ready, your lawyer lined up"