Anybody's best pitch is the one the batters ain't hitting that day.

You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat.

No man can have a 'yellow streak' and last. He must pay much attention to his nerves or temperament. He must hide every flaw.

I always tried to learn about the hitters. Anytime someone got a hit off me, I made a mental note of the pitch. He'd never see that one again.

Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile.

You must have an alibi to show why you lost. If you haven't one, you must fake one. You self confidence must be maintained.

A boy cannot begin playing ball too early. I might almost say that while he is still creeping on all fours he should have a bouncing rubber ball.

I am not a veteran environmentalist. I don't live in a house made of recycled tires, I've never handcuffed myself to a tree, and I don't grow my own organic rutabaga.

I owe everything I have to them when I'm out there on the mound. But I owe the fans nothing and they owe me nothing when I am not pitching.

A young ballplayer looks on his first spring training trip as a stage struck young woman regards the theater.

Luck is a combination of confidence and getting the breaks.

The Kingdom of God abideth forever.

A friend is someone who walks into a room when everyone else is walking out.

Open your eyes and see how many gifts there are to unwrap. Notice the presence of your presents. It’s not your life that is disappointing: it’s your mind.

Orthodoxy is the diehard of the world of thought. It learns not, neither can it forget.

You come to the planet with nothing and you leave with nothing, so youd better do some good while you are here.

Photograph each day so we can live forever

He who is prepared for the future and he who deals cleverly with any situation that may arise are both happy; but the fatalistic man who wholly depends on luck is ruined.

How galling to watch someone who looks like you, who basically is you, do all the shagging you didn't get to do.

Teach us to care and not to care Teach us to sit still. Pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death Pray for us now and at the hour of our death.

Our world isn't made of earth, air and water or even molecules and atoms; our world is made of language.