Home plate is 17 inches wide, but I ignore the middle 12 inches. I pitch to the two-and-a-half inches on each side.

A pitcher needs two pitches, one they're looking for and one to cross them up.

Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.

What is life, after all, but a challenge? And what better challenge can there be than the one between the pitcher and the hitter.

I'm probably the only guy who worked for (Casey) Stengel before and after he was a genius.

Gentlemen, for the first 60 feet that was a hell of a pitch.

You don't just throw the ball - you propel it.

When I throw a ground ball, I expect it to be an out, maybe two.

A good hitter has timing. A good pitcher upsets timing.

Twenty games is the magic figure for pitchers - .300 is the magic figures for batters. It pays off in salary and reputation. And those are the two things that keep a ballplayer in business.

I'll never forgive myself. We might have gotten rid of Willie forever if I'd only struck him out.

There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less

When a person tells you that you hurt them, you don’t get to decide that you didn’t.

Historical exclusivity often has a way of turning into present and institutionalized tragedy. Whose story gets told matters.

Change is the very basis of our life, not to be fought, to be welcomed and tasted, to be seen for the gift it truly is.

The depth of revival will be determined exactly by the depth of the spirit of repentance.

The biggest superpower you can have is the ability to change your own life. It’s in your hands, and if you believe that you can get the power you want, you can do whatever you wish to do.

Sometimes I'll have a brief window of mini-fame thanks to 'Access Hollywood.' But it only lasts a couple of days, and then no one recognizes me anymore.

But just as elevators have changed the shape of buildings and cars have changed the shape of cities, bits will change the shape of organizations, be they companies, nations, or social structures.

Violent people usually express their love of a thing by their hatred of its opposite.

I like women who are self-sufficient.