I started to crouch because that way I could guard the plate better, and I always wanted to hit .300 in the big leagues.

Unless you give it all you've got, there isn't any sense in playing.

I love to play this game of baseball. I love putting on the uniform.

Back in my day, we didn't think about money as much. We enjoyed playing the game. We loved baseball. I didn't think about anybody else but the Cardinals.

I learned to hit with a broomstick and a ball of tape and I could always get that bat on the ball.

The first principle of contract negotiations is don't remind them of what you did in the past - tell them what you're going to do in the future.

Used to be bats had thick handles and a big barrel. Then they found it's not the size of the bat that gets home runs - it's the speed with which you can swing it.

The key to hitting for high average is to relax, concentrate, and don't hit the fly ball to center field.

Get eight hours of sleep regularly. Keep your weight down, run a mile a day.

Hitting is like swimming. Once you learn the stroke, you never forget it.

There was never a day when I was as good as Joe DiMaggio at his best. Joe was the best, the very best I ever saw.

Chronic illness is hard. Pain is hard. Isolation is hard. The financial cost is hard. Grieving is hard and necessary and sometimes takes far longer than we every imagined.

I am here not to let you fall alone, suffocate alone, quit life easy. I'll fight the fate for you and with you.

Don't be about just any life. Be about the life you want to be about.

I left Apple in April of 1984, pretty soon after the introduction of the Mac.

We don’t have the plumbing to take care of what needs to be taken care of.

I made a conscious decision when I was about 17 years old to strive towards mediocrity. I completely abandoned the idea of grandeur and importance, and I wanted to be mediocre.

Toys are not a need people typically think of, but they've got all these kids who have absolutely nothing to do.

If you always look forward, will you go straight? In order to do so, you have to look to your sides and rear and check the traffic signs. And you have to ask for directions from other people.

Black love is Black wealth and they'll probably talk about my hard childhood and never understand that all the while I was quite happy

There are so many ebbs and flows in life, but when you're raising small children, your family means everything.