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.

Take time to thank everyone who has helped you along the way.

I've woken up from dreams and the whole song is there. I'm listening to it in my dreams. I consciously have to wake myself up and get a tape recorder because I hear it like a record.

I think I unknowingly seek people who are better than me in the sense of strength and wisdom. It's like I've got to know and trust that you have the answers and that you can carry me if needed.

Once I stopped drinking and I'd be going out on dates, or hanging out with guys, I'd realize, "Oh, maybe I don't like them that much!" I think the drinking was to make these guys more tolerable.

So not only can you not imagine dying, you can't really imagine existence before you were born.

The zest of life lies in right doing, not in the garnered harvest.

The key to a good life is this: If you're not going to talk about something during the last hour of your life, then don't make it a top priority during your lifetime.

We are as near to heaven as we are far from self, and far from the love of a sinful world.

Fellini is a just a province kid. Rome exists for Fellini, not the other way around.

I try to count the blessings rather than the problems.

A vague uneasiness: the police. It's like when you suddenly understand you have to undress in front of the doctor.