Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is 80% of being a successful hitter. The other 20% is just execution.

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.

That without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive, moribund.

Park your ego and listen to your readers. They can be your best friend or your worst enemy. But chances are you'll learn something from them.

Everybody's opinion is equally valid, and I feel like everybody should have an opportunity to speak out, and everyone should have the courage to speak out.

I have always thought of Christmas time... as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time.

To have to hear a woman's voice, and start to make a choice just based on that, is difficult.

You can't teach anybody anything, only make them realize the answers are already inside them.

We were all delighted, we all realized we were leaving confusion and nonsense behind and performing our one and noble function of the time, move.

I like crazy people, especially those who don't see the risk.

Don’t be vain because you happen to have talent. You are not responsible for that; it was not of your doing. What you do with your talent is what matters.

What I learned: Shun nonbelievers. Ignore critics. Do your best for people who want to dance with you.