He represented the Twins , but I think everyone in baseball felt like they were a teammate of Kirby Puckett.

I knew we were in for a long season when we lined up for the national anthem on opening day and one of my players said, 'Every time I hear that song I have a bad game.'

You're not always going to be at your best, but it better be the best you've got that day.

When it’s time, it’s time … and it’s time.

We need our veterans to set an example, like being the first ones there. A veteran is entitled to a bigger paycheck, but not a special set of rules.

You don't lead by lip service, you lead by example.

We need to have preparation to win. A disciplined team will win more close games over a period of time.

I'm second in doubles - double vodkas, double scotches.

It takes time to get the whole package. Freshmen can't be seniors.

It's well known that I interviewed with Philadelphia last winter, and I'd like to manage again.

You can't run a mule in the Kentucky Derby.

Life is generally something that happens elsewhere.

Indeed, the great paradox of the writer's life is how much time he spends alone trying to connect with other people.

I think a young woman's relationship with her father is really important.

When I feel something very intensely or deeply or personally, I can go to extremes of self-expression or self-analysis by writing a poem - more than I can just talking to somebody or writing prose.

Pursuit of the approximate can conclude. Not so pursuit of the absolute.

I think my films are very English. That certain emotional distance, interest in the world, interest in irony. These are all deeply English propositions.

"I hope to-morrow will be a fine day, Lane." "It never is, sir." "Lane, you're a perfect pessimist." "I do my best to give satisfaction, sir."

My literary career was a fluke. Utterly unexpected.

For the sake of peace and justice, let us move toward a world in which all people are at last free to determine their own destiny.

He said 'I'm going to chop off the bottom of one of your trouser legs and put it in a library. I thought, "That's a turn-up for the books".