When I played, Old-Timers' Day was my favorite day of the whole season, because I got to share a locker with one of the great Yankees... It was an out-of-body experience. — Goose Gossage Copy Share Image
Hitting in a game is no different than hitting in a home run contest. It pisses me off to say Barry Bonds is the greatest hitter. He's playing in a wussy era. The game is soft. You never get thrown at today. Last thing a hitter has to worry about today is getting hit. The first thing Hank Aaron had… — Goose Gossage Copy Share
Hitters never showed me up, as hard as I threw. And I was pretty mean out on the mound. — Goose Gossage Copy Share Image
If your child's gonna be a star it's going to happen and just let it happen. — Goose Gossage Copy Share Image
In my opinion, the best setup guys now have a tougher job than the closers. They pitch more innings, inherit more runners. — Goose Gossage Copy Share Image
The game of baseball is a game of failure because it's so difficult to play. A 300 hitter, a superstar fails seven out of… — Goose Gossage Copy Share Image
I was brought into situations God couldn't get out of, and I got out of them. — Goose Gossage Copy Share Image
The only urgency that I ever had was when my mom was alive. She died last year in September of 2006. She was my… — Goose Gossage Copy Share Image
These messages that we are sending our kids and the kind of lives people lead today so superficial it seems, just a lot of… — Goose Gossage Copy Share Image
Bert Blyleven certainly was a starting pitcher that had tremendous success in the big leagues. Jimmy Rice, this guy if you had to face… — Goose Gossage Copy Share Image
Baseball as I have said before to many... many parents it's not about wins and losses. It's about the life lessons that are learned… — Goose Gossage Copy Share Image
I don't ever remember seeing a base runner who was all the way to third base run back across the mound. It was kind… — Goose Gossage Copy Share Image
