I'm just a beat up old third baseman. I'm just a small part of a wonderful game that is a tremendous part of America today.

It's only a hitch when you're in a slump. When you're hitting the ball its called rhythm.

When you're a kid, what fun the game is! You grab a bat and glove and ball, that's it. I know what Ted Williams and Stan Musial meant when they said it got tougher to get in shape every year.

I don't know where Hank Aaron will break (Babe) Ruth's record but I can tell you one thing - ten years from the day he hits it three million people will say they were there.

My mother used to pitch to me and my father would shag balls. If I hit one up the middle close to my mother, I'd have some extra chores to do. My mother was instrumental in making me a pull hitter.

Have you ever made a decision that sounded good at the time but then led to unanticipated results?

The Prophet's character was termed tremendous because his concern was for God alone.

Inflation is determined by money supply growth.

There is no creation without tradition. No one creates from nothing.

Low-income seniors who choose to enroll in a drug discount plan will receive $600 of Federal assistance in 2004 and 2005 to further defray the costs of their medications.

Mozart creates music from a mysterious center, and so knows the limits to the right and the left, above and below. He maintains moderation.

Many Americans don't mourn in public anymore - we don't wear black, we don't beat our chests and wail.

Joy is prayer; joy is strength, joy is love. God loves a cheerful giver. The best way we can show our gratitude to God and the people is to accept everything with joy.

I want to institutionalise and automate chequebook journalism.

Whenever there is a conflict between being right and being kind, if possible, choose being kind.