I’m more conscious of where the outfielders are playing when I’m on base, and I don’t take such wide turns anymore running around the bases. I’m still learning. Rod Carew Read Quote
Here I am, a black man with a white man’s heart. In the end, that’s what God wants us to do. He wants us to help, and he wants us to share. Rod Carew Read Quote
You’ve got to have one of those guys on your ball club that, when you have runners on scoring position, you know that guy is going to drive the ball and put the ball in play and pick them up. Rod Carew Read Quote
I never liked talking about myself or my background because I hated bringing back bad memories. And sometimes when I talked, it would come out the wrong way, and I’d look like a jerk. That’s why I became an enigma to people. Rod Carew Read Quote
My daughter told me, ‘Daddy, if I don’t make it, I don’t want you to stop helping these other kids.’ So that’s where I’ve been able to go on. I tell people – and I really believe this – I didn’t lose a daughter; I gained so many other kids. Rod Carew Read Quote
To me, I was just doing my job when I took the field, but to understand how close I came to death, I now realize what God has given me when he brought me into this world; he knew what he was doing. Rod Carew Read Quote
