All of the charities we're involved with have touched me in one way or another on a personal level. There are about eight or nine charities that I support.

Mental attitude and concentration are the keys to pitching.

I would love to see as many of the black players as possible in today's Major League Baseball make every effort to go to the Negro Leagues Museum and get a first-hand view of how it all started.

Nobody on my staff is on salary. The money goes straight to the charities.

Look for the good in every person and every situation. You'll almost always find it.

He lies to himself. If Eugenides talked in his sleep, he'd lie then, too.

I never accepted a knighthood because to me, is honour enough?

Hardly did it appear, than from my mouth it passed into my heart.

What exile from his country is able to escape from himself?

I read nasheeds (Islamic songs) in English, in Arabic. I read nasheeds even in Bangla language. Now I don't just travel to meet people from my own country but people from the entire ummah.

For what is prayer but the expansion of your self into the living ether?

The bigger you get, the more pressure you have to deal with.

Cats were the gangsters of the animal world, living outside the law and often dying there. There were a great many of them who never grew old by the fire.

Your daughter is doing well here. I've been overseeing her training." Since when does "overseeing" include throwing knives at me and scolding me at every opportunity?