I only wear two rings: a wedding ring and my World Series ring.

Don't be afraid to fail. Experience is just mistakes you don't make anymore.

Not only was I not the best catcher in the Major Leagues, I wasn't even the best catcher on my street!

You really have to be some kind of a creep for a dog to reject you.

One thing you learned as a Cubs fan: when you bought you ticket, you could bank on seeing the bottom of the ninth.

I know a baseball star who wouldn't report the theft of his wife's credit cards because the thief spends less than she does.

Baseball is a game of race, creed, and color. The race is to first base. The creed is the rules of the game. The color? Well, the home team wears white uniforms, and the visiting team wears gray.

I went through baseball as a player to be named later.

Baseball is drama with an endless run and an ever-changing cast.

I guess you don't really own a dog, you rent them, and you have to be thankful that you had a long lease.

Never trust a baserunner with a limp. Comes a base hit and you'll think he just got back from Lourdes.

Success is your birthright. Don’t settle for less.

I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of course not. I said, well, I think you stink. And he gave me a technical. You can't trust em.

I feel they should be discussed informally, truthfully, honestly, and in some cases, I think, without forgetting ... long-term vision. They should be practical.

Why is it that when we lose something big, we begin to lose everything else along with it?

There's a hunger and a fervor that I have, but there's no person I'm going to push to the side to get where I'm going. I want to create my own road.

The greatest stimulator of my running career was fear.

I'd love to make a sequel to 'The Rocketeer.' The film didn't do as well at the box office as we all hoped, but it has endured and generated a following.

Mindfulness, as defined by the Buddha, means awareness of incessant change, of arising and vanishing, inside of your own body, which is the ultimate reality of your own life.

Don't doubt your faith; doubt your doubts for they are unreliable.

American young people have got to understand from an early age that the world pays off on results, not on effort. Not everyone should win a prize no matter where he or she finishes.