"I started playing ball when I was a kid. My dad was a pro ball player and he passed on his knowledge to me."

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"I started playing ball when I was a kid. My dad was a pro ball player and he passed on his knowledge to me."

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"I can evaluate a player in a very short period of time because I'm very close to that game, very educated in that game and played the game for a long, long time. I wasn't just a guy with talent. I learned a lot about the game."

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"I wasn't really serious about acting - I was serious about baseball."

Acting

"When you think you're good, you will play at that level. If you doubt yourself, you will play like crap."

Doubt

"We all do that thing which is the best in movies - we relate."

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"For guys playing sports at a high level, for money, I can't put my finger on it, but in a man's world of sport, there is something visceral to beating another man."

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"If it hadn't been for the videocassette, I may not have had a career at all."

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"Society questions the police and their methods, and the police say, Do you want the criminals off the street or not?"

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"I no longer look at my life and times in the motion picture industry as my career. I just look at it now as something I like and want to do."

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