You Don't Get Old Being Stupid.

The Toughest Thing In Hitting Shouldn't Be Deciding When To Swing. It Is, For Me, Deciding When Not To Swing. You Should Be Swinging From The Time You Get Into The Batter's Box Until Something Says Don't Swing.

You Fool Around With Different Pitches Playing Catch, But It's Not The Same When You've Got To Face Some Guy With A Bat In His Hand.

When You Go To Other Parks, They Hang Banners For The Wild-card Or Eastern Division Or Western Division Champions. Around Here, They Don't Hang Anything Unless Its For Being World Champions.

There Are Certain Things I Can't Do, Certain Pitches I Can't Hit. You Stay Away From Them. You Try To Wait For Pitches You Can Hit. The Bat Speed Isn't What It Used To Be. You Make Up For It By Using Your Head, Working Counts, Getting Ahead In Counts And Getting Pitches To Hit And Hitting Them Hard.

Growing Old Is Mandatory; Growing Up Is Optional.