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During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at bats a season. That means I played seven years without ever hitting the ball.

+Fav | Go to Quote / Comment | Mickey |

I was not successful as a ballplayer, as it was a game of skill.

+Fav | Go to Quote / Comment | Casey Stengel |

Back then, my idol was Bugs Bunny, because I saw a cartoon of him playing ball - you know, the one where he plays every position himself with nobody else on the field but him? Now that I think of it, Bugs is still my idol. You have to love a ballplayer like that.

+Fav | Go to Quote / Comment | Nomar Garciaparra |

'A ballplayer spends a good piece of his life gripping a baseball, and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time.'

+Fav | Go to Quote / Comment | Jim Bouton |