I leaned on him for support when I got out of the cab, and he just crumpled to the ground. That's how we found out.

It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life.

A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.

Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time.'

After I hit a home run I had a habit of running the bases with my head down. I figured the pitcher already felt bad enough without me showing him up rounding the bases.

If I had played my career hitting singles like Pete (Rose), I'd wear a dress.

I thought I raised a ballplayer. You're nothing but a coward and a quitter.

You never have to wait long, or look far, to be reminded of how thin the line is between being a hero or a goat.

Well, baseball was my whole life. Nothing's ever been as fun as baseball.

I've often wondered how a man who knew he was going to die could stand here and say he was the luckiest man on the face of the earth, but now I guess I know how he felt.

Stay away from drugs and alcohol. Listen to your moms and dads. In this great country of ours you do whatever you set your mind to. Make us proud of you.

Pointing directly at your own heart, you find Buddha.

Your past is a place for reference, not residence.

God is our great provider! The Lord's blessings are our greatest wealth.

If you want to experience eternal illumination, put the past and the future out of your mind and remain within the present moment.

The stories that spread today empower us and give us belief in our own heroic potential.

Something good was happening. My life was rising from the ashes, and the sight of it left me feeling something like hopeful.

I would rather try a shot to win than play safe and finish second.

I'm realising my dream of owning a top football club. Some will doubt my motives, others will think I'm crazy.

What is most important almost always involves the people around us.

My theory is if you have a religion, it's a good one. Because some people don't have any at all.