Don't be afraid to fail. Experience is just mistakes you don't make anymore.

Not only was I not the best catcher in the Major Leagues, I wasn't even the best catcher on my street!

You really have to be some kind of a creep for a dog to reject you.

One thing you learned as a Cubs fan: when you bought you ticket, you could bank on seeing the bottom of the ninth.

I know a baseball star who wouldn't report the theft of his wife's credit cards because the thief spends less than she does.

Baseball is a game of race, creed, and color. The race is to first base. The creed is the rules of the game. The color? Well, the home team wears white uniforms, and the visiting team wears gray.

I went through baseball as a player to be named later.

Baseball is drama with an endless run and an ever-changing cast.

I guess you don't really own a dog, you rent them, and you have to be thankful that you had a long lease.

Never trust a baserunner with a limp. Comes a base hit and you'll think he just got back from Lourdes.

Being traded is like celebrating your 100th birthday. It might not be the happiest occasion in the world, but consider the alternative.

The mirror is a good place to start judging.

If you want to know what your true beliefs are- take a look at your actions.

The higher the better. It's more about an attitude. High heels empower women in a way.

We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. We must take charge of our own destinies, design a life of substance and truly begin to live our dreams.

Devices are getting smarter - your television, your car - and that means more data spread around. There needs to be a fabric that connects all these devices. That's what we do.

You remind me of a smoked cigarette.

Music is the art of sounds in the movement of time.

Pretty much everyone on my iPod, I'd like to be friends with. But I'd say that the main two that I'd love to get into a conversation with, are Werner Herzog and Graham Hancock.

People who are hard, grasping and always ready to take advantage of their neighbors become very rich.

There is a danger in being persuaded before one understands.