Mike Schmidt : (2)

" They read their sports pages, know their statistics and either root like hell or boo our butts off. I love it. Give me vocal fans, pro or con, over the tourist types who show up in Houston or Montreal and just sit there. " - Mike Schmidt

" That was one of the most comfortable things about leaving baseball was to leave the environment. It’s very much like a rock star existence – the nightlife, the hotels, lack of privacy… There’s a lot of temptations out there. It was nice getting away from it. " - Mike Schmidt