If we lose today, it will be over my dead body. They'll have to leave me face down on the mound.

Family is everything. It is even more important than baseball.

I give him (Frank Howard during April 28, 1968 two-hitter) shoulder, back, foot and the ball last," and Frank Howard commented, "He threw everything at me but the ball.

The fastball is the best pitch in baseball. It's like having five pitches, if you move it around.

When I'm in Boston, I always feel like I'm home. I almost cry, I feel so good.

I had dreamed about being a college coach for a long time, but with no education, I never thought I would get a chance.

I didn't do it (pitch like he did) for show. I did it to get batters out. Players would tell me, 'We can't tell where the ball is coming from.'

Life is about the journey, not the destination. As long as we persevere in mindful thinking, beliefs and actions, our internal compass will point us towards true-self each step of the way.

I think I would be very sad if I wasn't able to have a baby.

For better to come, good must stand aside.

I still prefer the bebop of the '40s. The very stuff I started out with is still the best to me. I have come full circle.

I'm a Gibson guy. I play anything from Hummingbirds to J200s.

It has been my observation and experience, and that of my family, that nothing human works out well.

There is nothing that Nature seems to have inclined us to as much as society.

I should as soon think of contradicting a bishop

We must go through a natural revolution if we are to survive on earth. We need to change people's perceptions. If there's no environment, there's no human race. We are in a state of global denial.

Carbon made only wants to be unmade.