He's the strangest hitter in baseball. Figure him out one way and he'll kill you another.

I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it.

People who write about spring training not being necessary have never tried to throw a baseball.

Pitching is the art of instilling fear.

A guy that throws what he intends to throw, that's the definition of a good pitcher.

Show me a guy who can't pitch inside and I'll show you a loser.

The game has a cleanness. If you do a good job, the numbers say so. You don't have to ask anyone or play politics. You don't have to wait for the reviews.

I can't picture people talking about me 50 years from now.

If I could straighten it out (his golf swing), I'd be pitching at Dodger Stadium tonight.

I think it's incredible because there were guys like (Willie) Mays and (Mickey) Mantle and Henry Aaron who were great players for ten years... I only had four or five good years.

I've got a lot of years to live after baseball and I would like to live them with the complete use of my body.

It is better work without being paid to fulfill a divine purpose than to be rich without any fulfillment.

Ironically, torture requires empathy, too, in the sense that one cannot deliberately inflict pain without realizing what is painful.

Sometimes you don't know if you're Caesar about to cross the Rubicon or Captain Queeg cutting your own tow line.

Everyone I know who is successful has issues with their father, regardless of whether it was sports or business or entertainment.

Maybe we're all cabinets of wonders.

Astronauts are not superhuman. They lead ordinary lives and have varied personalities.

Every single one of us already has everything we need to be the happiest person on earth; it's simply up to us to remember that in every moment.

Loyalty is the greatest quality of the human heart.

I didn't go around the world, I went around the world on a private jet. I didn't have a hotel room, we had an entire floor. We were spoiled.

There are no nudists in cold areas.