We devote our entire lives to becoming good ball players. We take batting practice until our hands bleed.

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.

I love you as the moon loves the nightto show her charm, beauty and magic of light.

People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors.

Ultimately we're all faced with the same things and that's what brings us together. It's just human nature to be terrified and that doesn't necessarily manifest itself in completely different ways.

Everything doesn't have to feel good to be God

I used to be so delusional. I always imagined I could be more than I was, and eventually I grew and evolved into that person.

People learn from failure or from lack of success.

Sometimes I dress like what I want for lunch, because all I can think about is having a tuna sandwich.

A show is exhausting when it stinks. It's exhausting when you have to work overtime to make something work.

I represent the small businesses, the women, and the families working so hard to rebuild our communities.

Of all the portions of life it is in the two twilights, childhood and age, that tears fall with the most frequency; like the dew at dawn and eve.