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Jim Bouton quotes: Opening day or Opening Day. Depending on how you feel about it.

Opening day
or Opening Day. Depending on how you feel about it.

Jim Bouton quotes: Statistics are about as interesting as first base coaches.

Statistics are about as interesting as first base coaches.

Jim Bouton quotes: Forget goals. Value the process.

Forget goals. Value the process.

Jim Bouton quotes: Lots of people look up to Billy Martin. That's because he just knocked them down.

Lots of people look up to Billy Martin. That's because he just knocked them down.

Jim Bouton quotes: The pitching coach was bugged by the author's technique because he had never seen anyone do it before, and besides, it wasn't the coach's idea.

The pitching coach was bugged by the author's technique because he had never seen anyone do it before, and besides, it wasn't the coach's idea.

Jim Bouton quotes: How come nobody wants to argue with me? Is it because I'm always so right?

How come nobody wants to argue with me? Is it because I'm always so right?

Jim Bouton quotes: A ballplayer spends a good piece of his life gripping a baseball, and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time.

A ballplayer spends a good piece of his life gripping a baseball, and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time.

Jim Bouton quotes: The older they get, the better they get when they were younger

The older they get, the better they get when they were younger

Jim Bouton quotes: Don't ever think $7,000 isn't a lot of money in baseball. I've had huge arguments over a lot less.

Don't ever think $7,000 isn't a lot of money in baseball. I've had huge arguments over a lot less.

Jim Bouton quotes: For a hundred years, the owners screwed the players. For 25 years, the players have screwed the owners-they've got 75 years to go.

For a hundred years, the owners screwed the players. For 25 years, the players have screwed the owners-they've got 75 years to go.

Jim Bouton quotes: It never hurts to apologize, especially if you don't mean it.

It never hurts to apologize, especially if you don't mean it.

Jim Bouton quotes: I think I should be allowed to be only fair, or even mediocre, for a while.

I think I should be allowed to be only fair, or even mediocre, for a while.

Jim Bouton quotes: If you had a pill that would guarantee a pitcher 20 wins, but might take five years off his life, he'd take it.

If you had a pill that would guarantee a pitcher 20 wins, but might take five years off his life, he'd take it.

Jim Bouton quotes: High school games would just as big a deal to me as any major league game.

High school games would just as big a deal to me as any major league game.

Jim Bouton quotes: Sheldon Kopp, the author and psychologist, wrote, There are no great men. If you have a hero, look again: you have diminished yourself in some way.

Sheldon Kopp, the author and psychologist, wrote, There are no great men. If you have a hero, look again: you have diminished yourself in some way.

Jim Bouton quotes: Religion is like baseball," said Steve. "Great game, bad owners.

Religion is like baseball," said Steve. "Great game, bad owners.

Jim Bouton quotes: When I approached him a second time with the cameras rolling, Munson grabbed the microphone and suggested I perform a physical impossibility.

When I approached him a second time with the cameras rolling, Munson grabbed the microphone and suggested I perform a physical impossibility.

Jim Bouton quotes: We were like farm animals compared to today's players who are treated like thoroughbreds.

We were like farm animals compared to today's players who are treated like thoroughbreds.

Jim Bouton quotes: Front offices are more interested in players that are far than players that are near.

Front offices are more interested in players that are far than players that are near.

Jim Bouton quotes: Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?

Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?

Jim Bouton quotes: You're only as smart as your ERA.

You're only as smart as your ERA.

Jim Bouton quotes: The author says his young son, adopted from South Korea, occasionally burps and says thank you but otherwise is doing all right.

The author says his young son, adopted from South Korea, occasionally burps and says thank you but otherwise is doing all right.

Jim Bouton quotes: The day he is out of baseball will be the day he starts to think about what comes next. By then, it may be too late.

The day he is out of baseball will be the day he starts to think about what comes next. By then, it may be too late.

Jim Bouton quotes: Doubleday's First Law, which states that if you throw a fastball with insufficient speed, someone will smack it out of the park with a stick.

Doubleday's First Law, which states that if you throw a fastball with insufficient speed, someone will smack it out of the park with a stick.

Jim Bouton quotes: The older they get, the better they were when they were younger.

The older they get, the better they were when they were younger.

Jim Bouton quotes: I can still remember Pete Rose, on the top step of the dugout screaming, Fuck you, Shakespeare.

I can still remember Pete Rose, on the top step of the dugout screaming, Fuck you, Shakespeare.