Think. Don't just swing. Think about the pitcher, what he threw you last time up, his best pitch, who's up next. Think.

Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.

I've found in life the more you practice, the better you get. If you want something enough and work hard to get it, your chances of success are greater.

No one has come up with a substitute for hard work.

A man has to have goals - for a day, for a lifetime - and that was mine, to have people say, 'There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived.'

Just keep going. Everybody gets better if they keep at it.

I've found that you don't need to wear a necktie if you can hit.

Baseball gives every American boy a chance to excel, not just to be as good as someone else but to be better than someone else. This is the nature of man and the name of the game.

The hardest thing to do in baseball is to hit a round baseball with a round bat, squarely.

There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher.

If you don't think too good, don't think too much.

Dare to make wishes. The fulfillment of your wishes is possible.

It was no good to look back, to apologize for what had happened, or to wonder what could have been different.

Despite all that I know rationally, and everything that I can put into words, I can say that I have difficulty giving up the notion of the nobility of art.

The reason why I like theater is because it's a long journey, and no matter what role you play, we are all in it together.

Music changes, but there's a timeless touch that we put to it, which I think is really important.

Nearly every lawsuit is an insult to the intelligence of both plaintiff and defendant.

You're drinking vintage Elvis Presley wine.

Christians worship a dead Jew on a stick

[Science doesn't deal with facts; indeed] fact is an emotion-loaded word for which there is little place in scientific debate.

You should have only one intense desire within yourself: Have I become the spirit? Have I achieved my ultimate? Have I risen above the worldly desires?