Wade Boggs Quotations

A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results.

Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad, and that's why I call you dad, because you are so special to me. You taught me the game and you taught me how to play it right.

Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but how we react to what happens, not by what life brings us but the attitude we bring to life.

I played the game one way. I gave it everything I had. It doesn't take any ability to hustle.

One guy that I wish was here right now, Ted Williams, helped me so much, our long talks, not about hitting but about fishing, one of Ted's passions, and I wish he was here today to share this with me because I owe so much to Ted Williams.

In life, so many things are taken for granted, but one thing I can honestly say is that I took every day, enjoyed the game of putting on that uniform and playing the great game of baseball.

Looking back on those days and little leaguer, the Hall of Fame is not even a blinking star, but through baseball travels and moving up the ladder, that star begins to flicker.

I have a message for the young kids. Life is about obstacles, endeavors in life are not to be overlooked.

This journey started about 42 years ago in a little town of Brunswick, Georgia.

The owner of the New York Yankees, Mr. George Steinbrenner who I had the greatest respect for, I want to thank him for giving me the opportunity to win that special ring in 1996.

I didn't get over 1300 walks without knowing the strike zone.

My God... What are the headlines going to be like on Monday if the Yankees don't make the playoffs?

Then there's Johnny Pesky, hit me countless number of ground balls and improved my fielding so much.

Humbled by the fact that never in a million years would I ever thought that I would be on the same stage with all these great Hall of Famers and enshrined to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

My journey took a surprising turn in 1992. I left Boston and who would have ever thought I would wind up with the New York Yankees?

My God, ... What are the headlines going to be like on Monday if the Yankees don't make the playoffs?

I talked to Wade and he said he regrets that he had other commitments and could not be here,

It doesn't matter if you get 3,000 hits in 18 years or you get 3,000 hits in 22 years. You still have to reach that milestone. You still have to hit 500 home runs, and it's like a pitcher doing it. If you get 300 wins in 19 years and a guy gets 300 wins after 24 years, he's still doing something right.

It couldn't happen any better, ... This is a Hollywood script. It's so good for baseball. It's great for the rivalry between New York and Boston. And there might be baseball Monday, you never know.

Those are three dominant pitchers in their era who really revolutionized the game,

Toronto was the team that we had to contend with all the time, and Oakland. Those were the two teams that we had to battle all the time. Once I went to New York and we started winning, then the rivalry started to come back just a little bit. And then once I left New York, it's full-fledged now. It's a rip-roaring force fire right.

sees a guy not run out a ball or loaf after a fly or not go first-to-third or second-to-home because he's just trotting, it's disturbing. I played the game one way. I gave it everything I had. It doesn't take any ability to hustle.

There's a plaque missing in the hallway, as far as I'm concerned. He was one of the greatest hitters in the game. What he did was wrong, but as far as one of the greatest players to ever play the game the right way, he deserves it.

It's been busy, but it's been a great busy. Every day it's something great. Somebody calls to do this or do that.

It's awful hard to repeat, but this weekend is what baseball is all about, ... Go Sox!

I'm proud to help launch a program that reminds everyone not to drive drunk. This is a subject that I'm passionate about, particularly when it is delivered with such a positive voice.

In my opinion, there was not a more feared hitter in baseball. When he walked to the plate and stared at the pitcher, you knew he was going to hit the ball hard and drive in important runs for us.

I don't miss it. And that's the good part.

A swing is like a car. You've got the fan belt, carburetor, pistons, spark plugs, fuel pump. If any part isn't working, the car doesn't run. Same way with hitting.