"I was fortunate to play for Pete Rose and have teammates like Ken Griffey Sr., Tony Perez and Dave Concepcion. I grew up in the game with a mature attitude. I've always known it was better to be seen and not heard."

"It takes a lot of energy to be negative. You have to work at it. But smiling is painless. I'd rather spend my energy smiling."

"It's easy to see why pitchers respect McGwire. If you hit behind him, they're saying that they don't respect you. You have to change their thinking."

"Life is too short to worry about anything. You had better enjoy it because the next day promises nothing."

"Everything is tennis for me, it's my career and it's entertainment, but it's also a business."

"A considerable number of persons are able to protect themselves against the outbreak of serious neurotic phenomena only through intense work."

"Well, I just can't play the game anymore. I'm 63 years old, and I've been in the business for 40 years now. I take good advice and direction really well, but I don't need somebody that finished college two years ago to come in and tell me what I should be recording."

"I am a sensitive writer, actor and director. Talking business disgusts me. If you want to talk business, call my disgusting personal manager."