Another friend hired me to open doors for him in the moving and relocation business. I did that for 10 years, am still doing it. And I do some work for the Cubs, in community relations.

The measure of a man is in the lives he’s touched.

Work? I never worked a day in my life. I always loved what I was doing, had a passion for it.

People ask me a lot about the values I got from playing for the Cubs for so many years. The value I got out of it was patience. A lot of people these days are not very patient.

The Cubs are gonna shine in sixty-nine.

You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace.

When I wake up in the morning, I feel like a billionaire without paying taxes.

Awards mean a lot, but they don't say it all. The people in baseball mean more to me than statistics.

It's a great day for a ball game; let's play two!

Loyalty and friendship, which is to me the same, created all the wealth that I've ever thought I'd have.

The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money.

Right. Because if you have trouble putting ketchup and mustard on a hot dog, you should totally move on to saving lives.

Is it rather stupid and dangerous to take Magna Carta so much for granted, as many of us seem to do, and to think of this attitude as 'very English?'

He that drinks fast, pays slow.

Communism is born out of misery, and if the West does not show more understanding, those people will take up arms and turn to others, that is the Soviet Union.

I see music as an aid. It overcomes my internal editor, especially when the music evokes the character or the mood I'm trying to build.

What does it say about a society that it devotes more care and patience to the selection of those who handle its money than of those who handle its children?

To be fired for my faith would be a greater honor than to be fired because we didn't win enough games.

Ballet is not just my profession, it is my life ... It is horrible for me to think that one day it will all finish.

I fell in love with the land and with the very old fashioned idea of leaving a physical legacy for my children. A stunning place, with a magnificent forest of trees, and a magnificent river.

The greatest moments in life are not concerned with selfish achievements, but rather with the things we do for others