“The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three...” — Earl Weaver Quote

The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.

In my mind, the home run is paramount because it means instant runs.

You win pennants in the off season when you build your teams with trades and free agents.

You must remember that anyone under 30 - especially a ballplayer - is an adolescent. I never got close to being an adult until I was 32. Even though I was married and had a son at 20, I was a kid at 32, living at home with my parents. Sure, I was a manager then. That doesn't mean you're grown up.

I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else.

That's what I love about acting. There's never a set role. You can be a firefighter, you can be a baseball player, you can be whatever you want in the acting world. I think I've found my calling.

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.

I think baseball can bring a lot of happiness to the people and people can be together.

In my 20 years of baseball, I've been misquoted three or four times, and for someone who talks as much as I do, that's incredible.