Chipper Jones

“My dad is a Marine and was very close to going to Vietnam, but he did not.”

“I love the solitude of being in a tree with a bow and arrow.”

“When you talk about 50 or so grown men in the middle of a baseball field about to break down and cry, it's a little bit of an uncomfortable situation. We're baseball players and we're guys that are filled with ego.”

“1999 was just a crazy year.”

“I used to spend a lot of time worrying about my defense.”

“You know, win with class, lose with class. Just keep your mouth shut and go play your game.”

“Chipper is a good name.”

“I feel I got kind of a bad rap because people say I wasn't vocal, didn't talk. I was kind of in my own little world. If I'm watching a game and I'm trying to pick up every little advantage - see if the guy is actually tipping pitches - and I don't want to be bothered, then so be it. That's what made me the player that I was.”

“I missed so many things early on in my career with my kids.”

“As good a hand-eye coordination I have playing the game of baseball, it is completely different out here, completely different style of swing. The golf ball is just sitting there waiting for you to hit it and it frustrates me I can't make it go where I want it to go.”

“It was easy for me to be humble because I played with so many other great players and they had no problem knocking me down a peg or getting my head out of the clouds.”

“Yeah, I've got regrets off the field. I can't really say that I have all that many regrets professionally.”

“As a shortstop coming up through the minors, you're taught to glove slow rollers and transfer the ball to your throwing hand, not barehand them.”

“There's backspin when I'm swinging the bat good.”

“I'm a bit of a perfectionist. I'm always picking at what's wrong and trying to correct it so that my game will be flawless.”

“I can tell when I'm swinging the bat good.”

“Striking out bothers me when you've got guys on base and you're making unproductive outs.”

“I knew where my bread was buttered and it was in baseball.”

“I've had seven knee surgeries, so it feels like somebody is jabbing me with a knife in the knee joint with every step.”

“One of the ways to make people forgive you is stand up like a man, admit your mistakes and move forward.”