I think I was programmed to do good things when I came into the majors. I knew how to play.

They throw the ball, I hit it. They hit the ball, I catch it.

It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What is tough, is being good every day.

I think I was the best baseball player I ever saw.

What you are thinking, what shape your mind is in, is what makes the biggest difference of all.

In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated.

Baseball is a game, yes. It is also a business. But what is most truly is is disguised combat. For all its gentility, its almost leisurely pace, baseball is violence under wraps.

Never assume the other guy will never do something you would never do.

Every time I look at my pocketbook, I see Jackie Robinson.

Youngsters of Little League can survive undercoaching a lot better than overcoaching.

When I'm not hitting, I don't hit nobody. But, when I'm hitting, I hit anybody.

the measure of achievements in life are directly related to the acquire knowledge, not to the social recognition.

If I could split myself into five people, I would still be behind on my writing schedule. I see now why James Patterson cloned himself so many times.

It would be great to be able to pass on to someone all of the successes, the failures, and the knowledge that one has had. To help someone, avoid all the fire, pain and anxiety would be wonderful.

There are positive things that come of social media as well as negative.

Responsibilities are relative. My responsibility is to a character in a script, to a part I'm playing.

You must not do, you must not even try to do, the will of the Father unless you are prepared to 'know of the doctrine'.

There are lots of people out there who prefer tinkering to winning - it gives them a good excuse.

The healthiest response to life is joy.

The military operation in Lebanon was the most successful military operation in recent Israeli history. Many in Israel don't recognise that.

Better to have an enemy who slaps you in the face than a friend who stabs you in the back.