It ain't bragging if you can do it.

Sure I eat what I advertise. Sure I eat Wheaties for breakfast. A good bowl of Wheaties with bourbon can't be beat.

If Satch (Paige) and I were pitching on the same team, we would clinch the pennant by July fourth and go fishing until World Series time.

Son, what kind of pitch would you like to miss?

All ballplayers want to wind up their careers with the Cubs, Giants or Yankees. They just can't help it.

Let the teachers learn the kids English. Ol' Diz will learn the kids baseball.

Me and Paul (Dean) will probably win forty games (they won forty-nine).

The doctors x-rayed my head and found nothing.

I ain't what I used to be, but who the hell is?

I only went to the third grade because my father only went to the fourth and I didn't want to pass him.

I was blessed with a strong arm and a weak mind.

You have no idea how powerful it can be the truth.""No tienes ni idea de lo poderosa que puede ser la verdad.

Hope is the parent of faith.

Tolerance, openness and understanding towards other peoples' cultures, social structures, values and faiths are now essential to the very survival of an interdependent world.

I never had a lot of ideas. I always have exactly one that is the next project; the idea of a project beyond that project is ludicrous.

All know the way, but few actually walk it.

The true greatness of a nation lies in its character, not in its economic or military power.

You scratch a preacher a little bit, and you'll get an actor.

Don’t just play the game – change it for good.

I've never had a grand plan. I've only just tried to keep open to many different possibilities, have fun and work with people who are passionate about what they do.

Our judgment will always suspect those weapons that can be used with equal prospect of success on both sides.