I threw all my pitches over the top which was important for me because my slider was hard to tell from my fastball at release.

You've gotta find a way to get out of your own way, so you can progress in life.

So what I did on the field was the essence of what I am. Remember me like that.

Pete Rose came over to the Phillies in '79 and he became the catalyst that helped us to put it all together.

I trained myself to perform on the field.

The final release point for the fastball is the tips of your fingers.

That's the past. I don't agree with retrospect.

Rooting is following, and I don't do that, but I'd like to see the Phillies win because I love Philadelphia.

Everything I was, physically and mentally, that's what I put on that field.

I was probably in the best shape of any athlete at the time, but you don't get to pass judgment on yourself.

To get the feel of how the slider should roll off of your index finger, use this grip and practice at half speed and roughly half the distance to the mound.

When we choose to engage reality as the best each moment can be, we are shaping more positive experiences for others.

The adult were once young.The young have not yet attained adulthood.

Was like the Green Man said, some you got to put to the bullet. Some to the tongue. Often the latter, with me. But some, you just got to put behind you.

There are so many great songs yet to sing.

Pretty much always. We need to tell the story of our life to someone.

If you delegate authority, you will build leaders.

Conventional economics is a form of brain damage. Economics is so fundamentally disconnected from the real world, it is destructive.

The opposite of patience is not impatience, but unbelief.

It seems to me that our three basic needs, for food and security and love, are so mixed and mingled and entwined that we cannot straightly think of one without the others.

The only thing I really like doing during the week is getting ready to play the game.