Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but how we react to what happens, not by what life brings us but the attitude we bring to life.

A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results.

In life, so many things are taken for granted, but one thing I can honestly say is that I took every day, enjoyed the game of putting on that uniform and playing the great game of baseball.

I played the game one way. I gave it everything I had. It doesn't take any ability to hustle.

I have a message for the young kids. Life is about obstacles, endeavors in life are not to be overlooked.

Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad, and that's why I call you dad, because you are so special to me. You taught me the game and you taught me how to play it right.

I didn't get over 1300 walks without knowing the strike zone.

This journey started about 42 years ago in a little town of Brunswick, Georgia.

Then there's Johnny Pesky, hit me countless number of ground balls and improved my fielding so much.

My God... What are the headlines going to be like on Monday if the Yankees don't make the playoffs?

Looking back on those days and little leaguer, the Hall of Fame is not even a blinking star, but through baseball travels and moving up the ladder, that star begins to flicker.

I close my eyes and I can see a better day. I close my eyes and pray

People are never going to act exactly like we want them to. So if we stop expecting things from others, we’ll find peace in our hearts that will last a lifetime.

Better to expose ourselves to ingratitude than fail in assisting the unfortunate.

God, who preferred the correction rather than the death of a sinner, did not desire that a homicide be punished by the exaction of another act of homicide.

A big difference exists between trying to manipulate God to give us what we want and cooperating with God so He can give us what He wants.

Everyone on the Internet is sad. Why else would they be on the Internet?

I have a million dollar figure ... but it's all loose change.

It strikes me as gruesome and comical that in our culture we have an expectation that man can always solve his problems ... This is so untrue that it makes me want to cry-or laugh.

The military has been tremendously important in the past during catastrophes and in protecting the population. But it shouldn't become an auxiliary police force.