“I am expecting you to report in top physical condition, clean-cut, smiling, bright-eyed, bushy-tailed and raring to go. Also, I am expecting you to be prepared to run, hit, pitch, kick, catch, sweat, smell and enjoy it.”— Bear Bryant, chattanoogan.com
“I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice.”— Hank Aaron, baseball-almanac.com
“I looked for the same pitch my whole career, a breaking ball. All of the time. I never worried about the fastball. They couldn't throw it past me, none of them.”— Hank Aaron, baseball-almanac.com