If anybody says they get used to it, you don't.

I knew we were in for a long season when we lined up for the national anthem on opening day and one of my players said, 'Every time I hear that song I have a bad game.'

You're not always going to be at your best, but it better be the best you've got that day.

When it’s time, it’s time … and it’s time.

We need our veterans to set an example, like being the first ones there. A veteran is entitled to a bigger paycheck, but not a special set of rules.

You don't lead by lip service, you lead by example.

We need to have preparation to win. A disciplined team will win more close games over a period of time.

He represented the Twins , but I think everyone in baseball felt like they were a teammate of Kirby Puckett.

I'm second in doubles - double vodkas, double scotches.

It takes time to get the whole package. Freshmen can't be seniors.

It's well known that I interviewed with Philadelphia last winter, and I'd like to manage again.

We look into each other's eyes as we shake. His are still full of death and horror, but in them I see my face reflected, and inside my tiny eyes inside his, I think I see some hope.

A lady laced with grace . . . Such, is impossible to despise.

Many times we will get more ideas and better ideas in two hours of creative loafing than in eight hours at a desk.

Some men are like a church-organ -- you can play on them for a lifetime and always find new harmonies; others are like a music-box -- they have four or five thin jingles.

No one may have the guts to say this, but if we could make better human beings by knowing how to add genes, why shouldn't we?

Subtle and literate, The Dance of Intimacy is like a long, revealing conversation with a wise and compassionate friend.

The trees called to me, urging me to abandon what I knew and vanish into the oncoming night. It was a desire that had been tugging me with disconcerting frequency these days.

I'm not acting; I'm not playing me. People forget that their actions make them who they are.

Be a warhorse for work and enjoy even the struggle against defeat.

People ask me, 'Is 3D a good medium for horror movies?' I think it's the perfect thing for horror movies because it really puts you into it.