It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What is tough, is being good every day.

They throw the ball, I hit it. They hit the ball, I catch it.

I think I was the best baseball player I ever saw.

What you are thinking, what shape your mind is in, is what makes the biggest difference of all.

In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated.

Baseball is a game, yes. It is also a business. But what is most truly is is disguised combat. For all its gentility, its almost leisurely pace, baseball is violence under wraps.

Never assume the other guy will never do something you would never do.

Every time I look at my pocketbook, I see Jackie Robinson.

Youngsters of Little League can survive undercoaching a lot better than overcoaching.

When I'm not hitting, I don't hit nobody. But, when I'm hitting, I hit anybody.

I was very fortunate to play sports. All the anger in me went out. I had to do what I had to do. If you stay angry all the time, then you really don't have a good life.

Positive relationships are those that leave you feeling energized after contact with a person. Even if the topic is unpleasant, the interaction itself leaves you with more energy.

Emperor, king, general, duke, ” he whispered to himself. “These are just labels. Climb up the family tree of any of them high enough and you’ll find a commoner who dared to take a chance.

I'm not religious in any formal sense, not in any God sense.

Make bold choices and make mistakes. It's all those things that add up to the person you become.

It is the unspoken ethic of all magicians to not reveal the secrets.

I do not drink more than a sponge.

Let's talk about a decision that women have to make every morning- Big purse or little purse?

I don't think about goals and records. Competition is what keeps me playing.

I don't think there is a need for an entity like God in my life.

Tabloids are going to focus on my shoes and not my music; that's just what they do.