Success

You've got to love to compete. Never stop competing. Once you lose that, it's over.

Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.

The only thing I know about pitching is that it's tough to hit.

Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt. Only by being open to change will you have a true opportunity to get the most from your talent.

If you work hard and you play well, all those things take care of themselves.

The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.

The objective is to win: fairly, squarely, decently, win.

The minute you start talking about what you're going to do if you lose, you have lost.

The greatest leadoff hitter of all time.

I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.

Lou Brock was a great base stealer, but today, I am the greatest of all time.

I fought everybody. People don't know this, but I fought everybody since the Olympics.

My father took me to many fights and realized I had the talent early on.

You don't realize how hard it is to be in the ring and to be successful.

I want to be remembered as someone who gave his all whenever he was in the ring.

To be great, you have to keep working, keep striving, and work harder than you've ever worked before.

You have to develop a certain personality to be an athlete. I am very disciplined.

Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.

You have to do different things if you want to be a successful athlete.

Winning is the most important. Everything is consequence of that.