A World Series trophy is a wonderful thing to behold.

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.

Pats cīnies, palīdz, domā, spried un sver, Pats esi kungs, pats laimei – durvis ver!

If you cannot teach me to fly, teach me to sing.

They’re dogs. Never trust a man. Even when he’s dead. Especially when he’s dead. — Bats 2015

There is no decision to be more or less comic. I don't feel more or less humorous in my day-to-day. These things are accidental.

Yeah Jesus could turn water in to wine, but he didn't share. Douche.

No trilogy should have more than four books.

As a boy I was obsessed with Egypt and Egyptology. I'm convinced it's not that uncommon. A lot of 10 or 12 year old boys become obsessed with Egypt. It's a bit like young girls and horses.

I let everyone have [the] space to do what they want, but I think I'm still a bit of a perfectionist.

We say we need to clean up the environment; to clean up the environment, we need to be richer. But maybe getting richer is actually making us poorer.

I weighed the pros and cons of both, and college outweighed the pro ranks at the time and I'm definitely glad I made the choice to come to Oregon State because I'm a better player for it.