It's a fickle town, a tough town. They getcha, boy. They don't let you escape with minor scratches and bruises. They put scars on you here.

A baseball swing is a very finely tuned instrument. It is repetition, and more repetition, then a little more after that.

I feel that the most important requirement in success is learning to overcome failure. You must learn to tolerate it, but never accept it

Sometimes I underestimate the magnitude of me.

I was reminded that when we lose and I strike out, a billion people in China don't care.

So many ideas come to you and you want to try them all, but you can't. You're like a mosquito in a nudist colony, you don't know where to start.

I'm the straw that stirs the drink.

Fans don't boo nobodies.

If I played in New York, they'd name a candy bar after me.

Once you realize how good you really are, you never settle for playing less than your best.

When you've played this game for ten years and gone to bat seven-thousand times and gotten two-thousand hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone zero for five-thousand.

Literature is a luxury fiction is a necessity.

The best of all physiciansIs apple pie and cheese!

I couldn't tell wether the hole that opened up inside me was from missing you or from the change of season

A strategy that doesn't take into account resources is doomed to failure.

It is a happy day when we come to know that with God's help, nothing is impossible for us.

People don't want to feel stuck, they want to be able to change.

Writers tell more truths, and more lies, than most.

If you will not stand with Israel, then I will not stand with you

I like having black hair. When I was really young, I wanted to be Asian - Asian hair is beautiful. I also wanted to look like the girl in George Michael's 'Father Figure' video.

I am of a healthy long lived race, and our minds improve with age.