I could field as long as I can remember, but hitting has been a struggle all my life.

I'll play out the string and leave baseball without a tear. A man can't play games his whole life.

If your not practicing, somebody else is, somewhere, and he'll be ready to take your job.

I'm a guy who just wanted to see his name in the lineup everyday. To me, baseball was a passion to the point of obsession.

Whether you want to or not, you do serve as a role model. People will always put more faith in baseball players than anyone else.

Fifty years from now I'll be just three inches of type in a record book.

This is my best time of the year (spring training). Heck, once the season starts, I go to work.

Associate with those who help you believe in yourself.

It's a pretty sure thing that the player's bat is what speaks loudest when it's contract time, but there are moments when the glove has the last word.

Pocahontas was the reason the Virginia colony didn't disappear, unlike some earlier attempts

I've always said when I broke in I was an average player. I had an average arm, average speed and definitely an average bat. I am still average in all of those.

I'm crazy about him and I'm crazy without him!

I always knew I would be successful. So there was no element of surprise.

I have not always loved wisely, but I was young.

I definitely prefer working in comedy over drama, but at the same time, when it comes to comedy, I tend to prefer comedies that have a great sense of truth to them and that come from an honest place.

It's a real valley when I talk about veal. And calf roping. People were sensitive about calf roping. Which I think is quite funny.

Most presidents come to Washington bright as freshly minted dimes and leave much diminished.

I prefer to focus on the future. There are a lot of new stories to be heard.

Fascists are not human. A snake is more human.

You will recognize, my boy, the first sign of old age: it is when you go out into the streets of London and realize for the first time how young the policemen look.

Stopping illegal immigration would mean that wages would have to rise to a level where Americans would want the jobs currently taken by illegal aliens.