I've tried a lot of things in the off-season, but the only thing I really know is baseball.

Failure is a part of success.

My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.

Failure is a part of success. There is no such thing as a bed of roses all your life. But failure will never stand in the way of success if you learn from it.

It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.

Failure will never stand int he way of success if you learn from it.

You may not think you're going to make it. You may want to quit. But if you keep your eye on the ball, you can accomplish anything.

I never doubted my ability, but when you hear all your life you're inferior, it makes you wonder if the other guys have something you've never seen before. If they do, I'm still looking for it.

I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice.

What you do with your life and how you do it is not only a reflection on you, but on your family and all of those institutions that have helped to make you who you are.

Does Pete (Rose) hustle? Before the All-Star game he came into the clubhouse and took off his shoes and they ran another mile without him.

Pray for what you want.Expect your answer in due time.Be strong to wait for the arrival of answer.

Only the unprotected self can feel joy.

The past was dwindling, like something shrinking to a speck in the rear-view mirror, and the future was shining through the windscreen, demanding her full attention.

Until they rip us apart, and even then, I'll fight.

Happiness should always remain a bit incomplete. After all, dreams are boundless.

When someone we love suffers, we suffer with that person, and we would not have it otherwise, because the suffering and the love are one, just as it is with God's love for us.

To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood.

Innovation is not the exclusive province of New Economy companies.

Take love easy, as the leaves grow on the trees.

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo.