I had some friends here from North Carolina who'd never seen a homer, so I gave them a couple.

Winning isn't everything. Wanting to is.

He'd (Reggie Jackson) give you the shirt off his back. Of course he'd call a press conference to announce it.

The thing about Reggie (Jackson) is that you know he's going to produce. And if he doesn't, he's going to talk enough to make people think he's going to produce.

If I had done everything I was supposed to, I'd be leading the league in homers, have the highest batting average, have given $100,000 to the Cancer Fund and be married to Marie Osmond.

This 20th win means more to me than the perfect game in 1968.

They don't know who I was or that I played baseball.

Winning isn't everything. Wanting to win is.

History is the essence of innumerable biographies.

Without change there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable.

I knew that even if I was able to call for help, I was in a place so remote that it wasn't likely there would be anyone who could help me. And even if there were, it could take weeks.

The difference between a good defensive team and a bad defensive team is as little as three possessions

If there were more women heads of state in the world, the world would be more peaceful and better focused on the improvement of the overall quality of life and welfare.

Knowing few children of my age with whom to compare notes, I envied the children of literature to whom interesting things were always happening.

I've been stuck on John Eldredge lately. He's all about being a warrior outside of the church. I hate to think about this kind of stuff - I just like to do it.

My fans are who I am. You give meaning to my life. You will never know the connection I feel to you.

Christianity can be summed up in the two terms faith and love...receiving from above [faith] and giving out below [love].

I love you so much that it feels like the universe will explode, for as long as it takes for the oceans to dry up, so much that I don't care if my soul burns to ashes.