That was one of the most comfortable things about leaving baseball was to leave the environment. It's very much like a rock star existence - the nightlife, the hotels, lack of privacy... There's a lot of temptations out there. It was nice getting away from it. Mike Schmidt
The only thing bad about winning the pennant is that you have to manage the All-Star Game the next year. I'd rather go fishing for three days Whitey Herzog
There was my name up in lights. I said, 'God, somebody's made a mistake.' But there it was, in lights. And I sat there and said, 'Remember, you're not a star.' Yet there it was up in lights. Marilyn Monroe
They talk about those All-Star Games being exhibition affairs, and maybe they are, but I've seen very few players in my life who didn't want to win, no matter whom they were playing or what for. Carl Hubbell
To live a life that is wrong for you is a form of dying. There are people who have lives that look perfect. They try to be happy, they believe they should be happy, they are trying to like it, but if it's off course from their north star, they aren't satisfied. Martha Beck
We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.Stephen Hawking
When I look back at the tapes, your first everything, your first All-Star Game, your first playoff experience, it just seems like it went by really fast. Roger Clemens
When I'm on a picture, I have two bosses - the director and the producer. My co-star is not my boss. Jim Brown
When my TV show, 'Sports Jobs with Junior Seau,' assigned me to be a 'Sports Illustrated' reporter for a weekend, I didn't realize I'd have to squeeze it in around another sports job. I had planned to retire from the NFL to enjoy the cushy lifestyle of a full-time reality TV star, but I wound up getting run over by a bull. Junior Seau
You play to win, to get that World Series ring, All-Star games and whatever comes with it. Nick Johnson