Consistency is what counts; you have to be able to do things over and over again.

Failure is a part of success.

My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.

Failure is a part of success. There is no such thing as a bed of roses all your life. But failure will never stand in the way of success if you learn from it.

It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.

Failure will never stand int he way of success if you learn from it.

You may not think you're going to make it. You may want to quit. But if you keep your eye on the ball, you can accomplish anything.

I never doubted my ability, but when you hear all your life you're inferior, it makes you wonder if the other guys have something you've never seen before. If they do, I'm still looking for it.

I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice.

What you do with your life and how you do it is not only a reflection on you, but on your family and all of those institutions that have helped to make you who you are.

Does Pete (Rose) hustle? Before the All-Star game he came into the clubhouse and took off his shoes and they ran another mile without him.

Short term goals are often based on dissatisfaction, and actions based on dissatisfaction will eventually lead to a life of unhappiness.

You'll never grab the wonderful with your feet on the ground.

The proper function of man is to live-not to exist.

What we really believe is what we manifest. What we believe, we see.

gossip ... is only fiction produced by non-professionals.

I feel that I've been very fortunate in the films that I have gotten and that I've chosen to do.

The facts may tell you one thing. But, God is not limited by the facts. Choose faith in spite of the facts.

Oh, how quickly things changed! Why didn't happiness last for ever? For ever wasn't a bit too long.

If there's a certain song that I want to reach a certain person or certain type of person, that's when I play it for people.

You're just a crazy murderer who's confused himself with a god.... nothing more, nothing less.