I am no more proud of my career as an athlete than I am of the fact that I am a direct descendant of that noble warrior [Chief Black Hawk].

I never was content unless I was trying my skill...or testing my endurance.

Track and field, because it was something I could do by myself, one-on-one, me against everybody else.

I have always liked sport and only played or run races for the fun of the thing.

I give 'em the hip, then I take it away.

The Yankees, you see, they're a money team, they're the class of baseball. You don't ever bet against that.

It's often the worst of you that brings out the best of you

There is no philosophy which is not founded upon knowledge of the phenomena, but to get any profit from this knowledge it is absolutely necessary to be a mathematician.

Nothings ever real until its real.

A failure is only a step on the way to your success.

The present basic philosophy is nuclear deterrence.

We talk about self-expression but need to pause and remember that self-expression requires a self to express.

Acting is a form of deception, and actors can mesmerize themselves almost as easily as an audience.

[On Lisa Kudrow:] She's like the best kind of jazz there is. You don't know what note she's going to hit and it's always a surprise.

Take me with you. I want a doomed love. I want streets at night, wind and rain, no one wondering where I am.