I played the game one way. I gave it everything I had. It doesn't take any ability to hustle.

A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results.

Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but how we react to what happens, not by what life brings us but the attitude we bring to life.

In life, so many things are taken for granted, but one thing I can honestly say is that I took every day, enjoyed the game of putting on that uniform and playing the great game of baseball.

I have a message for the young kids. Life is about obstacles, endeavors in life are not to be overlooked.

Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad, and that's why I call you dad, because you are so special to me. You taught me the game and you taught me how to play it right.

I didn't get over 1300 walks without knowing the strike zone.

This journey started about 42 years ago in a little town of Brunswick, Georgia.

Then there's Johnny Pesky, hit me countless number of ground balls and improved my fielding so much.

My God... What are the headlines going to be like on Monday if the Yankees don't make the playoffs?

Looking back on those days and little leaguer, the Hall of Fame is not even a blinking star, but through baseball travels and moving up the ladder, that star begins to flicker.

Dedication note: To everyone, you are beautiful, and don't let anyone ever tell you otherwise.

Situation after situation, shape your attitude! Situation after situation change your character!

During 30 years of earning my daily bread as a writer I have learned many lessons about our craft. The most significant of those lessons is that I still have many lessons to learn about out craft.

Those who won't hesitate to vivisect, won't hesitate to lie about it as well.

For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

Eating is the secret to good cooking.

Perhaps the single most successful international agreement to date has been the Montreal Protocol.

Let me be clear: There is no stronger advocate for civil liberties in the Senate than myself.

Dreams are the children of idled minds.

The choices a writer makes within a tradition - preferring Milton to Moliere, caring for Barth over Barthelme - constitute some of the most personal information we can have about him.