Athlete Quotes

I'm not that interesting!

I wasn't a perfect thing at 17. I didn't have confidence. I was hunched over and real embarrassed, and I didn't want to be in the limelight. But it changed over time.

I was never a prodigy.

I TiVo 'CSI,' 'CSI: Miami,' 'Grey's Anatomy,' 'Young and The Restless' - my husband hates that one - and that's pretty much it.

I think I'm pretty down to earth.

I never had tons of friends on tour. I was quiet and went about my business.

I don't think I should be underestimated.

I don't enjoy being in Europe for weeks on end, so I just skip it.

I did not grow up with people, you know, pounding in my head, 'This is what you've got to do, this is what you're going to do.'

I couldn't imagine being from a country where all the pressure is on a particular player.

I could never have gotten back into my career without the undying support of my husband, who works full time at a stressful job! We decided that we were going to do this as total partners and it is a 50/50 deal with us.

I come from a family of working women, my mum went to work two weeks after I was born - my parents had no money, there was no choice.

I always tried to hide the fact that I was an athlete. I just wanted to be normal.

Nobody wants to go through divorce, especially when there's young children involved.

Some times you lose more than you win. It's about handling losses and trying to turn them into positives. You get out into the big leagues and there's a period of adjustment to be made. You've got to handle it.

I think I went through everything anyone who had a long career needed. I needed quiet. I needed to raise my children.

The writers want to know were you made your mistake, no how well your curve is breaking.

The Lord taught me to love everybody, but the last ones I learned to love were the sportswriters.

The Giants were supposed to have a new motto, 'Shut up and deal.'

Slow thinkers are part of the game too. Some of these slow thinkers can hit a ball a long way.

In this game of baseball, you live by the sword and die by it. You hit and get hit. Remember that.

Friendships are forgotten when the game begins.

Any pitcher who throws at a batter and deliberately tries to hit him is a communist.

A manager doesn't hear the cheers.

A fellow has to have faith in God above and Rollie Fingers in the bullpen.

Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living.

I always said you have to be really smart or really dumb to play this game well. I just don't know where I fit in.

What we really need is for me to get hot and stay hot. When I go, this team really takes off.

We're just being ourselves and having fun playing baseball. The biggest thing is when people look at our team, they can see that we're having a lot of fun.

We all pulled together at the right time, unfortunately, we were down 3-0 to the Yankees when we decided to do it, but we did it. And we shocked the world.