If I had to name the number one asset you could have for any sport I'd say speed. In baseball, all a guy with speed has to do is make contact.

The Giants are looking for a trade but I don't think Atlanta wants to depart with a quality player.

The wind at Candlestick tonight is blowing with great propensity.

Last night I neglected to mention something that bears repeating.

Bruce Sutter has been around for awhile and he's pretty old. He's thirty-five years old. That will give you some idea of how old he is.

In all the years I played, he (Stan Williams) was the only guy who ever scared me and he was on my team.

It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting.

No one can take the power within you.

Being sorry for myself is a luxury I can't afford.

I feel quite at home writing short stories but nervous and anxious when writing novels, as if the bad time of consecutive failures might arise again.

Scepticism is the first step toward truth.

Word - that invisible dagger.

I thought you'd rather have a live donkey than a dead lion.

A dead father's counsel, a wise son heedeth.

What impressed me particularly in Vienna was the strict order everywhere. No mob disturbances of any kind, in spite of the greatly increased liberty and relaxation of police regulations.

In the ‘looks of disappointment’ department, my cat has picked up where my father left off.