You get to the ninth inning and your stomach is clear up to here. But it's not because of your job. It is because you want to win so badly.

I thought, 'OK, I'm done here. I'll take responsibility and go away.' Little did I know I was going to be going away limping because someone cut my legs out from under me.

Once players have my trust, they have it.

Sometimes you've got to be a little flexible. For the most part, it's hard to get players to look at the big picture also. I understand that. They're looking at their next start or their next at-bat.

It's like people care more about their pride than about what's correct, about the truth.

You love someone. You don’t leave her to drown. And you don’t tell her she’s crazier than she already knows that she is!

Creativity is the work of your hands or the work of your tongue so you have to be careful what you say because it would cost you big time.

I had a friend whose family had dinner together. The mother would tuck you in at night and make breakfast in the morning. They even had a spare bike for a friend. It just seemed so amazing to me.

Writing generally, it may be said that in design, roof, and general aspect, Japanese Buddhist temples are all alike. The sacred architectural idea expresses itself in nearly the same form always.

To avoid the trap of the Pharisees, we've got to guard the interconnection between our thoughts and our attitudes.

There are those who believe destiny rests at the feet of the gods, but the truth is that it confronts the conscious of man with a burning challenge.

I really don't require a whole lot in life.

I would never put a sculpture in front of a painting, so that it is difficult to see the painting. I always place each thing so you can see it isolated. You can focus on every individual work.

I am not doing any favour, only performing a duty; this victory is a result of struggle of five generations.