Friendships are forgotten when the game begins.

A fellow has to have faith in God above and Rollie Fingers in the bullpen.

Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living.

Slow thinkers are part of the game too. Some of these slow thinkers can hit a ball a long way.

Any pitcher who throws at a batter and deliberately tries to hit him is a Communist.

The writers want to know were you made your mistake, no how well your curve is breaking.

The Giants were supposed to have a new motto, 'Shut up and deal.'

A manager doesn't hear the cheers.

There'll be a man on the moon before Gaylord Perry hits a home run.

The Lord taught me to love everybody, but the last ones I learned to love were the sportswriters.

​Failure is the Shoe that I Wear. I can't Walk a Step without it.

Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.

Ultimately, my greatest achievement is maintaining my career while sustaining a happy marriage and kids.

For we by conquest, of our soveraine might,And by eternall doome of Fate's decree,Have wonne the Empire of the Heavens bright.

Pleasure is the first good. It is the beginning of every choice and every aversion. It is the absence of pain in the body and of troubles in the soul.

Slavery is the parent of ignorance, and ignorance begets a whole brood of follies and vices; and every one of these is inevitably hostile to literary culture.

The difficulty for Mr. Obama will be when the public sees where his decisions lead - higher inflation, higher interest rates, higher taxes, sluggish growth, and a jobless recovery.

It always pays off to focus on things that will make you feel proud. Remember this during every difficult decision you face.

Religion has not civilized man, man has civilized religion.

If an employer had to pay a man one dollar for the same work a woman could do for 59 cents, why would anyone hire a man?