Even during my career, when I read all those great things about me, it's almost like I was reading about someone else. It's almost like there was another person.

I was doing what I love to do: play baseball. Not going to complain about that.

Ballplayers, like everyone else, like to get told they did something right.

I could run like a gazelle, couldn't I?

I loved coming up with players in scoring position and I had to drive them in.

I had pain in both knees my whole career. Not many athletes play pain-free. Mine was just more than normal.

It doesn't seem like it's been 50 years. I don't even feel like I'm 50 years old yet, though I've had all these knee and back operations.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.

Either life entails courage or it ceases to be life.

Violent anger makes me physically ill.

You say you will not fight to free negroes. Some of them seem willing to fight for you; but, no matter. Fight you, then exclusively to save the Union.

Every employee must be essential to the functions of the organization.

I'm pretty handy! I do a lot of things around the house, and I actually enjoy it.

[On husband Gavin Rossdale:] We're a perfect couple. He cooks, and I eat.

When someone writes a really nasty piece about me. I think they're generally untrue because I think I'm a nice person.

I'm not very good at being dull.

I think my acceleration is very good. That's the key for me.