Baseball didn't really get into my blood until I knocked off that hitting streak. Getting a daily hit became more important to me than eating, drinking or sleeping.

You always get a special kick on opening day, no matter how many you go through. You look forward to it like a birthday party when you're a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen.

A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.

I played my best everyday. You never know when someone may be seeing you play for the first time.

There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.

At my age, I'm just happy to be named the greatest living anything.

The reason I play so hard is that somewhere out there is some kid who has never seen me play before, and I don't want to disappoint him.

You ought to run the hardest when you feel the worst. Never let the other guy know you're down.

If anyone wants to know why three kids in one family made it to the big leagues they just had to know how we helped each other and how much we practiced back then. We did it every minute we could.

The test of an outfielder's skill comes when he has to go against the fence to make a catch.

A ball player has to be kept hungry to become a big leaguer. That's why no boy from a rich family has ever made the big leagues.

She walkedthrough her lifeheavyfrom themighty wingsupon her back.

Coal mines, like a hard life, have seen the best diamonds of innovation, more than any jewel factory.

Happiness is a function of accepting what is.

I am a very private person. I still get shy at times.

I tell people marriage is a compromise, and so are renovations.

I've always been very self-motivated.

The world will never be in any manner of order or tranquility until men are firmly convinced that conscience, honor and credit are all in one interest

It may be coincidence that the decline of newspapers has corresponded with the rise of social media. Or maybe not.

Being in public with May and the children was too heavy. I was irreversibly tuned in to everyone around us.

While Dawn worked two jobs to meet ends, her son was busy cutting school and hanging with his friends.