Trying to hit Sandy Koufax was like trying to drink coffee with a fork.

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.

God, change the burden of my heart to be like a gentle rain which falls equally on all

Only fool keeps mocking perseverance.

What is rain? It is thousands of drop-friends coming from the sky!

The Palestinian people's needs must be respected.

In spite of our high-tech world and efficient procedures, people remain the essential ingredient of life.

The blogosphere rewards no-holds-barred smartassery.

Let us no more contend, nor blame each other, blamed enough elsewhere, but strive, In offices of love, how we may lighten each other's burden.

She repeats things until they are true, or until she can't tell whether they are true or not. She has become an expert at confusing what is with what was with what should be with what could be.

Heaven hath many tongues to talk of it, more eyes to behold it, but few hearts that rightly affect it.

I don't believe anyone should ignore all the fires around you and stand pat and not worry about getting singed.