Does Pete (Rose) hustle? Before the All-Star game he came into the clubhouse and took off his shoes and they ran another mile without him.

Failure is a part of success.

My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.

Failure is a part of success. There is no such thing as a bed of roses all your life. But failure will never stand in the way of success if you learn from it.

It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.

Failure will never stand int he way of success if you learn from it.

You may not think you're going to make it. You may want to quit. But if you keep your eye on the ball, you can accomplish anything.

I never doubted my ability, but when you hear all your life you're inferior, it makes you wonder if the other guys have something you've never seen before. If they do, I'm still looking for it.

I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice.

What you do with your life and how you do it is not only a reflection on you, but on your family and all of those institutions that have helped to make you who you are.

I don't want people to forget Babe Ruth. I just want them to remember Henry Aaron.

I wanted to tell her that I loved her, and not in the complicated way I loved our parents, but in a simple way I never had to think about. I loved her like breathing.

Believe in your infinite potential. Your only limitations are those you set upon yourself.

Even a snail will eventually reach its destination.

Sometimes the people who are the hardest to love are the ones who need it most.

Here is the truth: The journey to achievement is not a destination, it is only a stop over to the next goal.

I don’t think I heard the same ending you did. Maybe you should tell it again.

Funniest thing happened though, you wouldn't believe it, ha, the mannequins came to life. I went insane.

You can read ten books and finally come across one detail, and it's like, "now everything else makes sense. Now I know where I am."

If I'm feeling something, I know if it's a song, or if it's a little story that I'm going to write, or if it's a painting or play. I might sit down and write a play.

You’re like a gift,” he said, his voice rough. “All wrapped up for someone else. A man can’t look at you, but think of loosing those bows, one by one.