I just loved to play. I liked to study the other ballplayers. I could talk about it for ages, because I played professional ball for 20 years, and I was still learning when I quit.

When I played, a pitcher could throw at you any time he wanted to. In fact, he could tell you he was going to throw at you, and there was nothing said. You had to take it. If he hit ya, he hit ya.

A heart favours love, a head favours work, a heart and head both favours hobby.

You can’t trust anyone you have to pay, and really, they can’t trust you.

When I was young I used to have this nightmare about dying. I used to lie awake at night screaming. All my schoolfriends went to heaven or hell, and I was sent to Southend.

I travel fairly lightly because you have to these days. I always take a laptop and an iPod so I can watch movies and listen to music. And my Gameboy. That's a good time-killer.

We must ensure that technology is accessible, affordable, and adds value.

Cursed be the ground for our sake. Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for us. For out of the ground we were taken, for the dust we are and to the dust we shall return.

The general trend in the last 4,000 years is that carbon dioxide and temperature have been moving against each other.

There is a secret medicine given only to those who hurt so hard they can't hope. The hopers would feel slighted if they knew.

Make sickness itself a prayer.

The best leaders are the best notetakers, best askers, and best learners.