I was always a self-proclaimed poor slider.

Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere.

I was bred as an outcast, part Negro and part Seminole, in my early years raised as an Indian.

I've always been a slave to my heart.

To be successful, one must take chances.

I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.

When they start the game, they don't yell, "Work ball." They say, "Play ball."

They give you a round bat and they throw you a round ball. And they tell you to hit it square.

Throwing a knuckleball for a strike is like throwing a butterfly with hiccups across the street into your neighbor's mailbox.

Helping someone is what life is all about.

You only have a few years to play this game and you can't play it if you're all tied up in knots.

The quality of a person's character can be known partly by the attitude of his ally who likes him TRULY and, probably full, by understanding who he likes REALLY as his buddy with his behavior.

Everyone has a different training style and being a female, sometimes you find you have to get really aggressive. Some people respond really well to aggression, some people don't.

Let us have a care not to disclose our hearts to those who shut up theirs against us.

To come to change, there had to be conflict and pain.

The future works out great men's destinies; The present is enough for common souls, Who, never looking forward, are indeed Mere clay wherein the footprints of their age Are petrified forever.

Etiquette is the ceremonial code of polite life, more voluminous and minute in each portion of society according to its rank.

I came from a rural background, and I didn't come in contact with a lot of wealthy people.

Many priceless things can be bought.

On with dance, let joy be unconfined, is my motto; whether there's any dance to dance or any joy to unconfined.

My favorite book is the last one printed, which is always better than those that were published earlier.