Some of my greatest memories were on a little league field. We didn't even have any uniforms.

I was brought into situations God couldn't get out of, and I got out of them.

I'd like to be remembered for the way I went about doing my job.

In my opinion, the best setup guys now have a tougher job than the closers. They pitch more innings, inherit more runners.

Every life lesson is on that baseball field.

I played for nine different teams throughout my 22-year major league career and I loved every moment of every team.

Hitters never showed me up, as hard as I threw. And I was pretty mean out on the mound.

I think that Jim Rice should be in the Hall of Fame. I think that Craig Nettles should be in the Hall of Fame and he didn't even get a sniff.

If your child's gonna be a star it's going to happen and just let it happen.

There is nobody that wants to win more than George Steinbrenner.

When I played, Old-Timers Day was my favorite day of the whole season, because I got to share a locker with one of the great Yankees... It was an out-of-body experience.

Faith is a question of eyesight

I thought he'd run if he knew. Instead, he offered help, not that I believed he could possibly help. I thought he'd turn his back, close his heart, slink away. Instead, he promised sanctuary.

Christian theology can fit in science, art, morality, and the sub-Christian religious. The scientific point of view cannot fit any of these things, not even science itself.

Right now the only people I can really fall in love with are people who don't really, truly want me around. Now why do I do that?

Life is change, to cease to change is to cease to live; yet if you may shed a tear beside the death-bed of an old friend, let not your heart be silent on the dissolving of a faith.

There's a big difference between me and a real, legitimate working hand, or a world-champion rodeo cowboy. I play 'em, and I aspire to be like that, but those guys are tough.

Do not wait for me to do something for your rights. It's your world and you can change it.

In fact, looking back, it seems to me that I was clueless until I was about 50-years-old.

If we think it takes a lot of effort and hard work to get what we want, then our life is going to be about struggle.

The moon is no door. It is a face in its own right, White as a knuckle and terribly upset. It drags the sea after it like a dark crime; it is quiet With the O-gape of complete despair. I live here.