I was in good control of my body, and I kept my head still.

The thing that got me over the hump was accepting that I had to do whatever I could to stay in the game

Sooner or later you learn that you belong in the big leagues, and that makes you calm down

But through experience I learned to control my body and locate the ball.

I can't recall too much about pitching, but I do remember that I was anxious to get it over with. I just wanted to get that first game over with and go from there.

Later, I could take something off my slider and I could make my fastball sink, so I really had four pitches.

They developed a platform for me to put up another 12 years, and that was my ticket to Cooperstown. Those were the best years of my life. It was like magic.

When I started finishing games and coming off the field shaking hands, it was a beautiful thing. I mean, you start seeing that you're an important part of the team.

Pitching... sometimes I did so poorly, it brought me to tears

My career spanned the era when relievers started to become more important

I always had the attitude that I wanted to throw a no-hitter every game.

We are born and then we die. And in between lies only this strange darkness that we can’t break.

Life is but a light of love.

I need you like the day needs the night" -Quinn O'Shea

Life is about having a good time, and it was a good time. We did some things well and some things poorly, but that was always the case.

There are two types of poets: People who write poetically about their lives, and poets that live poetically and write about it.

I think Joe Biden made correct decision for him and his family. Personally,I would rather run agianst Hillary [Clinton] because her record is so bad.

Mr. Franz, I think careers are a 20th Century invention and I don't want one. You don’t need to worry about me; I have a college education. I’m not destitute. I'm living like this by choice.

The people who think that the power of big business is enormous are mistaken

Why go through life feeling cheated? It does nothing but make you bitter.

You can't think your way into acting positively, but you can act your way into thinking positively.