It (his contract) has options through the year 2020 or until the last Rocky movie is made.

Natural grass is a wonderful thing for little bugs and sinkerball pitchers.

A manager uses a relief pitcher like a six shooter, he fires until it's empty then takes the gun and throws it at the villain.

I have seen the future and it's like the present, only longer.

Someone told me just recently that poets are eulogists. It's their job, to eulogize. I didn't know that, but it makes sense. Because in almost every poem of mine there is a loss.

It helps to be stupid if you're a relief pitcher. Relievers had to get into a zone of their own. I just hope I'm stupid enough.

Strikes (1981) are real life. It took up seven weeks of real time. That's a fifth of a pregnancy.

I became a better pitcher when I found a delivery in my flaw.

Coming into a game in the eighth or ninth inning is like parachuting behind enemy lines. And sometimes the chute doesn't open. You have to live with that. It's an occupational hazard.

Most pitchers fear losing their fastball and, since I don't have one, the only thing I have to fear is fear itself.

Reggie Jackson hit one off me that's still burrowing its way to Los Angeles.

One of the advantages of being disorganized is that one is always having surprising discoveries.

No glass renders a man's form or likeness so true as his speech.

Directing is probably the best job, but acting is really, really great. It's like a fun vacation that you get paid for.

According to the recent polls, Bush has a slight lead over John Kerry. So today, Bush hung a banner over the White House saying, 'Mission Accomplished.'

We are more anxious to speak than to be heard.

I like the one about the little soulworms that fly out of the nest for the resurrection.

I can see why the Russians love Robert Burns, I think that Russians and Koreans have a very similar outlook to Scots.

Disobedience, to be civil, implies discipline, thought, care, attention.

I've traveled the world in one of the best groups ever. I'm 42.

I am a courtier grave and serious Who is about to kiss your hand: Try to combine a pose imperious With a demeanour nobly bland.