20 Quotes by Ozzie Smith

We hope there is a sense of purpose in everything.

My short game's not that good. It just becomes a matter of getting that weight moving.

I don't know how many people have ever seen the National Guard break in somewhere, but they mean business.

I don't think anybody ever really just retires where they don't do anything.

We saw very little of the real Jack Buck behind the microphone. He would touch people in ways that we will never know. Jack was much more than just an announcer.

There are some guys that come off bad, but sometimes those people need you to come off like that. Sometimes they force you to come off like that, because you may tell them four or five times to go on, and they'll come back with their cap turned backwards and try again. Those are all tricks of the trade.

Electronically, we can go anywhere we want. It helps to break up the monotony of the classroom.

This is what we have to deal with all the time, and unfortunately we sometimes have to turn people away. When a guy does get upset, if people are around and see what's happening, I think they realize you have a real reason to do that.

For the most part, guys try to be nice about it, but when these guys keep coming and asking, it's hard, ... It's one thing if they ask you to personalize it. But when they start asking you to put 'Hall of Fame,' or put 'The Wizard,' or put how many Gold Gloves you won, you know what's happening.