I took it personal. I got slammed quite a bit.

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.

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.

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.

Odd names: Winter, Autumn—they almost sound as if someone just made them up.” —Dubb

The first law of ecology is that everything is related to everything else.

I was a Muslim once, remember, and it was when I was most devout that I was most full of hate.

My house seems remarkably full of people," he observed. "Is it possible we were expected.

Farewell my friends, I go to glory.

To believe that one, or even three, mates can supply all the things one needs from one's friends is as stupid as believing married couples must do everything together.

You've always got to be aware of why you don't win; otherwise you'll keep losing. Every mistake is a learning experience and, hopefully, you won't make the same mistake again.

[Without Pope John Paul II] there would be no end of Communism or at least much later, and the end would have been bloody.

I had my palm read. I wrote something on it first to see if she would read that too.

You should always feel confident in everything you wear, no matter what trend you fit or don't fit into.