I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause.

Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere.

I was bred as an outcast, part Negro and part Seminole, in my early years raised as an Indian.

I've always been a slave to my heart.

To be successful, one must take chances.

I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.

When they start the game, they don't yell, "Work ball." They say, "Play ball."

They give you a round bat and they throw you a round ball. And they tell you to hit it square.

Throwing a knuckleball for a strike is like throwing a butterfly with hiccups across the street into your neighbor's mailbox.

Helping someone is what life is all about.

You only have a few years to play this game and you can't play it if you're all tied up in knots.

Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend.

A lot of people are surprised when I talk so much about the present, but politics is just a crucial part of archaeology.

I always say, keep the oil. I said don't go in, but I said keep the oil.

You have to do anything you can think of that gets you excited.

I like people who dress quirkly and differently. Like in womenswear, thank god for Helena Bonham Carter!

I don't subscribe to the thesis, 'Let the buyer beware,' I prefer the disregarded one that goes, 'Let the seller be honest.'

If you're bumming out, you're not gonna get to the top, so as long as we're up here we might as well make a point of grooving. (Quoting Scott Fischer)

Whatever one of us blames in another, each one will find in his own heart.

I actually knew I was going to be perfect for Def Leppard, sorry I hate to say that but I knew it.