Rod Carew

“You've got to have some fun in this game. If you don't have fun, you're not going to be able to play your best.”

“I get a kick out of watching a team defense without any talent. I don't mean they have to be dumb, but you can be smart and not have the talent that gets you things.”

“I was always a contact hitter. I could get a base hit in any park, in any city.”

“Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination.”

“I'm not the type of guy who's going to brag about my accomplishments. I'm going to let my bat do the talking.”

“That's the fun of going to the ballpark. I believe in paying my own way and sitting where the fans sit.”

“When you're a kid, you don't think about the stats. You just think about playing the game.”

“Hitting is an art, but not an exact science.”

“The two most important things in life are good friends and a strong bullpen.”

“My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.”

“You've got to be a little cocky, but not conceited.”