Gary Sheffield

I trust no one totally.

— Gary Sheffield

Most people figured I'd be in jail. I've been proving people wrong my whole life.

— Gary Sheffield

Black players had an issue with Joe Torre. They weren't treated like everybody else. Even I got called out in a couple…

— Gary Sheffield

I wanted to retire after I played for the Mets. My family said wait one year, that there was no need to…

— Gary Sheffield

I tell myself every offseason I'm not going to say anything crazy. I'm just going to have a peaceful season... Can't do…

— Gary Sheffield

I had no interest in steroids. I didn't need them, and I didn't want them. I never wanted them. From the get-go,…

— Gary Sheffield

If you're equally good as this Latin player, guess who's going to get sent home? I know a lot of players that…

— Gary Sheffield

The owners have the right to pay you whatever they want to. They don't have to pay you if they don't want…

— Gary Sheffield

I'm not one of those people who have to try and remember what they told people, because I always tell the truth.…

— Gary Sheffield

I thought I knew there was a God. I always acknowledged that, but at the same time, I didn't live by those…

— Gary Sheffield

Well, everybody is trying to make this a money thing. If you send me to another team, let's see what I ask…

— Gary Sheffield

This is what people don't understand. When they might see me do something that's not 'God-like,' then they say, 'Well, I thought…

— Gary Sheffield

I've been the best player on every team that I played on, so if I can't be the poster child of your…

— Gary Sheffield

When you challenge me, I like my chances in a fistfight. On the field, I use the same approach. I'm going to…

— Gary Sheffield

In L.A., wives can fly on the plane; with the Yankees, they can't. With other teams, the wives always have functions to…

— Gary Sheffield

If I'm coming in at 4:00 in the morning and my kids have been in bed since 8:00, 9:00, that's not setting…

— Gary Sheffield

When you see Major League Baseball putting academies in other countries, obviously that throws up a red flag. You wonder why they…

— Gary Sheffield

The rage was in me, and if it wasn't for the rage, then I wouldn't know how to be calm. They feed…

— Gary Sheffield

I don't trust that many people. Just my mother and my wife and a couple of friends. When I trust people, it…

— Gary Sheffield

“Interestingly, relatively few of my correspondents were of the variety familiar to most authors, the users of block capitals and red ink.”

— Gary Sheffield

“with the centenary of 1914 rapidly approaching it is high time to stop regarding the first world war as current affairs and…

— Gary Sheffield

When McGwire started the home run mania, attendance came back. The owners understood that the sudden spike in homers wasn't accidental. All…

— Gary Sheffield

Derek Jeter used to come to me and try to tell you what Joe Torre is all about, he's a good man,…

— Gary Sheffield

Regardless of what you're searching, you ain't gonna find it until you include God. Because, if you have a problem with women,…

— Gary Sheffield

My dad's a bodybuilder. My whole life I've been taught to train the hard way. I believe in earning strength, not buying…

— Gary Sheffield

I am sure it will be mentioned and debated but from my standpoint I know who is in the Hall of Fame.…

— Gary Sheffield

I've played for teams that were family-oriented organizations. They made you feel like family. The Yankees are strictly a business. Baseball is…

— Gary Sheffield