He (Joe Morgan) knew when something needed to be done, and he'd do it.

In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted; if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end.

Fenway is the essence of baseball

A good professional athlete must have the love of a little boy. And the good players feel the kind of love for the game that they did when they were Little Leaguers.

God is living in New York, and he's a Mets fan.

If you don't think baseball is a big deal, don't do it. But if you do, do it right.

The concentration and dedication- the intangibles are the deciding factors between who won and who lost.

There are only two places in this league, First Place and No Place.

Im a huge advocate of pitching. You have to have good pitching as the solid core, the foundation. It keeps you in every game.

My pitch count as a general rule was 135. And I knew how many pitches I had when I went to the mound for the last three innings.

The good rising fastball is the best pitch in baseball.

The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it emotionally.

The improvement of the mind improves the heart and corrects the understanding.

But there's a shift happening in humanity, a shift in consciousness, happening now because it has to happen now.

A penny spar'd is twice got.

United will break caution to the wind

I think a lot of songwriters would agree that it's often easier to find inspiration in misery.

An Englishman is a person who does things because they have been done before. An American is a person who does things because they haven't been done before.

Bebop didn't have the humanity of Duke Ellington. It didn't even have that recognizable thing. Bird and Diz were great, fantastic, challenging — but they weren't sweet.

No greater mischief could be wrought Than love united to a jealous thought.

There is something more terrible than a hell of suffering--a hell of boredom.