What is life, after all, but a challenge? And what better challenge can there be than the one between the pitcher and the hitter.

A pitcher needs two pitches, one they're looking for and one to cross them up.

Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.

I'm probably the only guy who worked for (Casey) Stengel before and after he was a genius.

Gentlemen, for the first 60 feet that was a hell of a pitch.

You don't just throw the ball - you propel it.

When I throw a ground ball, I expect it to be an out, maybe two.

A good hitter has timing. A good pitcher upsets timing.

Twenty games is the magic figure for pitchers - .300 is the magic figures for batters. It pays off in salary and reputation. And those are the two things that keep a ballplayer in business.

I'll never forgive myself. We might have gotten rid of Willie forever if I'd only struck him out.

Home plate is 17 inches wide, but I ignore the middle 12 inches. I pitch to the two-and-a-half inches on each side.

After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.

If you're going to play the game properly you'd better know every rule.

Inside of you is your love, not beside you. She is just there to remind you of where you placed her heart.

I won't be able to do what I'm doing forever. There aren't that many scripts floating around for fifty-year-old chicks.

The Fairy's dress rustled as she turned. Human women dressed like flowers, layers of petals around a mortal, rotting core.

Jazz is about freedom within discipline.

Human beings have a vested interest in being trustworthy.

Whenever I think about the budgetary problems, I think about the problems of Errol Flynn ... reconciling net income with gross habits.

I really enjoy being home because that's where family is. No matter where you're from, it's hard to beat home.

In the animal world no creature born to be a dove turns into a scavenger. This happens only among men.