Gentlemen, for the first 60 feet that was a hell of a pitch.

A pitcher needs two pitches, one they're looking for and one to cross them up.

Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.

What is life, after all, but a challenge? And what better challenge can there be than the one between the pitcher and the hitter.

I'm probably the only guy who worked for (Casey) Stengel before and after he was a genius.

You don't just throw the ball - you propel it.

When I throw a ground ball, I expect it to be an out, maybe two.

A good hitter has timing. A good pitcher upsets timing.

Twenty games is the magic figure for pitchers - .300 is the magic figures for batters. It pays off in salary and reputation. And those are the two things that keep a ballplayer in business.

I'll never forgive myself. We might have gotten rid of Willie forever if I'd only struck him out.

Home plate is 17 inches wide, but I ignore the middle 12 inches. I pitch to the two-and-a-half inches on each side.

When you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear.

When Darkness surrounds you, look for the stars. When Jealousy whispers, kill it with laughter. When Hate hurts you, love with all your strength.

Acceptance and Work If you have a job without aggravations you don't have a job.

I never wanted to write the sort of song that said, 'Look at how abnormal and crazy and out there I am, man!'

You know," Clary said, "most psychologists agree that hostility is really just sublimated sexual attraction.

I knew people want most what they pretend to hate, that it takes courage to say what you really want.

Journalism is organized gossip.

A good work can be communicated across languages ... [provided one does not] fall into the trap of narrow-minded nationalistic or chauvinistic thinking.

Jesus took His place in a manger so that we might have a home in Heaven.

Of all evil things the least quantity is to be borne, but of learning and knowledge, the more a man hath, the better he can bear it.