If my father was alive to hear that, he'd turn over in his grave.

You should always go to other people's funerals, otherwise, they won't come to yours.

You can observe a lot by just watching.

It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.

Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.

I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.

In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.

All pitchers are liars or crybabies.

You have to give 100 percent in the first half of the game. If that isn't enough, in the second half, you have to give what's left.

Losing is a learning experience. It teaches you humility. It teaches you to work harder. It's also a powerful motivator.

The deepest experience of the creator is feminine, for it is experience of receiving and bearing.

I'm an answer, Frankie. Maybe you're an answer for me, too?—Emerson

I don't identify with anyone historically, but there are several people in the future who I am a dead ringer for.

I recruit hungry kids who love the game and want to get better and feel they have more questions than answers

The 800 pound gorilla just entered the blogosphere, with Google launching its blog search.

Life is more about losing than winning.

Romantic love is the kite that catches the wind and tenaciously heads for the sky; wisdom is the string that tugs downward, holding it back

I began to fear that Mos Def was being treated as a product, not a person, so I've been going by Yasiin since '99. At first it was just for friends and family, but now I'm declaring it openly.

If your God doesn't look like Jesus, we don't worship the same God, sorry.

The dignity we seek in dying is not to be found in our final weeks, days or moments but in the way we live and how we are seen by those people whose lives we affect.