I regret to this day that I never went to college. I feel I should have been a doctor.

Middle age: when you begin to exchange your emotions for symptoms.

To be born in Kentucky is a heritage; to brag about it is a habit; to appreciate it is a virtue.

Walter Johnson's fastball looked about the size of a watermelon seed and it hissed at you as it passed.

When the facilities of the government of the United States are drawn on an individual, it can be terrifying.

A ball bat is a wondrous weapon.

Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher.

Until you go to Kentucky and with your own eyes behold the Derby, you ain't never been nowhere and you ain't seen nothin'!

I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest me. I had a fire in my belly.

The great trouble with baseball today is that most of the players are in the game for the money and that's it, not for the love of it, the excitement of it, the thrill of it.

I would give my life to fly in space. It's hard for me to talk about it but I would. I would then, and I will now.

Britain is doing brilliant things around the world and that is why I described as a 'superpower on development'.

Nothing is more seductive for a man than his freedom of conscience, but nothing is a greater cause of suffering.

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give me an opportunity once in a year to speak the truth.

Singing is incredibly physical.

Having the ability to get and gain respect through your work is great but you have to be careful not to get carried away.

You can't blame someone for not knowing what his or her job should be if you don't ask for it right off the bat.

Right now, America is under the gun. It's being tested and is being co-opted in a big way.

What does not kill you will make you stronger and more cynical.

I know about hip-hop culture, whether it's graffiti writing or DJ-ing or being an MC.

"I'm a new song and you're just a remix."