I was bred as an outcast, part Negro and part Seminole, in my early years raised as an Indian.

Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere.

I've always been a slave to my heart.

To be successful, one must take chances.

I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.

When they start the game, they don't yell, "Work ball." They say, "Play ball."

They give you a round bat and they throw you a round ball. And they tell you to hit it square.

Throwing a knuckleball for a strike is like throwing a butterfly with hiccups across the street into your neighbor's mailbox.

Helping someone is what life is all about.

You only have a few years to play this game and you can't play it if you're all tied up in knots.

There's nothing I value more than the closeness of friends and family, a smile as I pass someone on the street.

After this is over, I want a shower in a really big bathroom.""I'll get us the penthouse.""What makes you think you'll be sharing it with me?""I live in hope.

We have time to accomplish the task.

Learning a language is not interesting than knowing how it works.

If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.

I can't give up Golf, I've got too many sweaters.

But for those people who might give up: Get real about what you want and go after it.

They gave me a book of checks. They didn't ask for any deposits.

So I got caught up in the same wave as everybody else and went right out to Hollywood, to make movies.

To be content with what we possess is the greatest and most secure of riches.

Large audiences did not suit my low-key approach.