I would try and help everybody, because the game was so easy for me. It was just like walking in the park.

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.

Houses are built to live in and not to look on.

We want women leaders today as never before. Leaders who are not afraid to be called names and who are willing to go out and fight. I think women can save civilization. Women are persons.

Our food should be our medicine and our medicine should be our food.

Though your experience may indicate that God has forgotten you or has left you alone, He is on your side. He is the God of grace, and He is actively working on your behalf.

Stress is not...a badge of courage

Royalty is completely different than celebrity. Royalty has a magic all its own.

Prune what is turgid, elevate what is commonplace, arrange what is disorderly, introduce rhythm where the language is harsh, modify where it is too absolute.

…she remembered watching a summer sunset from this very spot. Not so long ago; just a lifetime.

Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked.

Honesty is most important, and it's difficult when you're young and single and sort of figuring out your own life.