Ron Darling

“Being a part of that '86 team was something special. We were a family.”

“I think the beauty of baseball is that it's a team game, and you have to rely on your teammates.”

“You can't be afraid to make a mistake. You're going to make mistakes. It's how you recover from them that defines you.”

“The mental part of the game is just as important as the physical part.”

“You learn more from your failures than you do from your successes.”

“Every day you play, you have a chance to get better.”

“Baseball is a game of failure. There are not many games in the world that you fail 7 out of 10 times and you're a success.”

“There are two types of players: those who are humble and those who are about to be.”

“Pitching is about disrupting timing. It's about making the hitter uncomfortable.”

“When you're a starting pitcher, you have to have a short memory. You have to be able to forget the last pitch and focus on the next one.”

“You have to have a plan when you go out to the mound. You can't just throw the ball.”

“The first time I faced him, I watched him take that easy swing and hit the ball into the gap. Then I saw the way he ran the bases. I thought, 'This is a baseball player.'”

“Broadcasting is a way for me to stay close to the game I love.”

“The game has a way of humbling you. One day you're on top of the world, and the next day you can't find the plate.”