I never blame myself when I'm not hitting. I just blame the bat and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it isn't my fault that I'm not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?

You should always go to other people's funerals, otherwise, they won't come to yours.

You can observe a lot by just watching.

It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.

Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.

I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.

In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.

All pitchers are liars or crybabies.

You have to give 100 percent in the first half of the game. If that isn't enough, in the second half, you have to give what's left.

Losing is a learning experience. It teaches you humility. It teaches you to work harder. It's also a powerful motivator.

Having been a lobbyist myself you can't overstate how easy it is to get things done your way. It's a complicated policy and many lobbyists are trying to wreck amendments as we speak.

There was time before organisms experienced consciousness, and there will be time after. And if the inevitability of human oblivion worries you, I encourage you to ignore it.

There's room enough for everyone to thrive.

I have a nest egg, and I don't buy above my means.

I'm not an actress who can create a character. I play me.

Like getting into a bleeding competition with a blood bank.

I don't think racism can be eliminated in my lifetime ... or my children's or grandchildren's. But I think it's something we have to strive for. I'm going to keep working toward that day coming.

No one is more dangerous than someone who thinks he has "The Truth". To be an atheist is almost as arrogant as to be a fundamentalist. But then again, I can get pretty arrogant.

Never eat at a place called 'Moms', but if the only other place in town has a sign that says 'Eats', go back to Moms.