I can remember a reporter asking me for a quote, and I didn't know what a quote was. I thought it was some kind of soft drink.

You always get a special kick on opening day, no matter how many you go through. You look forward to it like a birthday party when you're a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen.

A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.

I played my best everyday. You never know when someone may be seeing you play for the first time.

There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.

At my age, I'm just happy to be named the greatest living anything.

The reason I play so hard is that somewhere out there is some kid who has never seen me play before, and I don't want to disappoint him.

You ought to run the hardest when you feel the worst. Never let the other guy know you're down.

If anyone wants to know why three kids in one family made it to the big leagues they just had to know how we helped each other and how much we practiced back then. We did it every minute we could.

The test of an outfielder's skill comes when he has to go against the fence to make a catch.

A ball player has to be kept hungry to become a big leaguer. That's why no boy from a rich family has ever made the big leagues.

Out of the fire, passion is born.

I’d like to propose to you that revelation is not the product of laborious study, but it is the fruit of friendship with God.

Jenny, " he whispered. "My Jenny.

Computers have cut-and-paste functions. So does right-wing historical memory.

It is the things for which there is no evidence that are believed with passion.

Instruction ends in the schoolroom, but education ends only with life. A child is given to the universe to be educated.

The majority of people who come to America come to America for a better life for their family.

I don't care much about conforming.

The electron is a theory we use; it is so useful in understanding the way nature works that we can almost call it real.

I think Little League is wonderful. It keeps the kids out of the house.