I did what any American could and should do: serve his country in its time of need.

Trying to sneak a fastball by Ted Williams was like trying to sneak a sunbeam by a rooster in the morning.

Nowadays, they have more trouble packing hair dryers than baseball equipment.

I was only a gun captain on the battleship Alabama for 34 months. People have called me a hero for that, but I'll tell you this - heroes don't come home. Survivors come home.

I try to be a good human being and keep up with what's going on in the world by reading and staying in touch with the current events.

If you believe your catcher is intelligent and you know that he has considerable experience, it is a good thing to leave the game almost entirely in his hands.

I needed to join the Navy. If you ask the people in Europe who won World War II, they don't say the Allies, they say the United States won the war and saved the world.

I would rather beat the Yankees regularly than pitch a no hit game.

Life comes down to honesty and doing what's right. That's what's most important.

Cooperstown is the greatest place on Earth.

You can talk about teamwork on a baseball team, but I'll tell you, it takes teamwork when you have 2,900 men stationed on the U.S.S. Alabama in the South Pacific.

All at once it occurs to me that I'm the one who needs to give myself the break, to accept myself for who I am.

Her hand rose to her lips and she stared up at the stars, feeling her heart grow, and grow, and grow.

Alas, is even Love too weak to unlock the heart and let it speak? Are even lovers powerless to reveal To one another what indeed they feel?

Space isn't remote at all. It's only an hour's drive away if your car could go straight upwards.

New, distant Scenes of endless Science rise: So pleas'd at first, the towring Alps we try.

There is anguish in the recollection that we have not adequately appreciated the affection of those whom we have loved and lost.

I hate and I love, and who can tell me why?

I also think that what's wrong with all of us is that we don't show enough love toward each other.

You don't know me. Don't ever think you know me. The only things you know about me are the things you made me do, and that illustrates your character, not mine.

Even though you're not equipped, keep searching: equipment isn't necessary on the way to the Lord.