I'd rather you walk with the bases loaded.

The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.

Do the dull things right so the extraordinary things will not be required too often.

In baseball, you can't kill the clock. You've got to give the other man his chance. That's why this is the greatest game.

On my tombstone just write, 'The sorest loser that ever lived.'

My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get a hold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.'

This ain't a football game, we do this every day.

I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else.

Optimism is the cheerful frame of mind that enables a teakettle to sing, though in hot water up to its nose.

Nobody likes to hear it, because it's dull, but the reason you win or lose is darn near always the same - pitching.

The job of arguing with the umpire belongs to the manager, because it won't hurt the team if he gets thrown out of the game.

I feel like Obama in a way. His idea that hope means not shrinking from a fight it's the courage to reach for something. My music is that. Those are principles I try to embody.

All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography.

Radical self-care is quantum, and radiates out into the atmosphere, like a little fresh air.

Well, I think most people understand that there's a big difference between who you are and who, you know, you play.

A sleeping cat is ever alert.

I would turn on the TV, but its so embarassing.

Most of the Michelle Bachmanns and Mitt Romneys who say such terrible things about us actually is a positive force, because it allows sensible people to realize how stupid and vile their beliefs are.

You know what despair is; then winter should have meaning for you.

We need to forget about mistakes and take the positives.

Our lives are of great worth if we accept with good grace the situation Providence places us in, and go on living lovingly.