It's (baseball) on the radio and in the newspapers every day, the only game you can follow on that basis. From whatever arm's length you choose, it's always there.

In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted; if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end.

Fenway is the essence of baseball

A good professional athlete must have the love of a little boy. And the good players feel the kind of love for the game that they did when they were Little Leaguers.

God is living in New York, and he's a Mets fan.

If you don't think baseball is a big deal, don't do it. But if you do, do it right.

The concentration and dedication- the intangibles are the deciding factors between who won and who lost.

There are only two places in this league, First Place and No Place.

Im a huge advocate of pitching. You have to have good pitching as the solid core, the foundation. It keeps you in every game.

My pitch count as a general rule was 135. And I knew how many pitches I had when I went to the mound for the last three innings.

The good rising fastball is the best pitch in baseball.

Books can be dangerous. The best ones should be labeled ‘This could change your life’.

He sighed. "I don't think an apology will do, Mercy. Because an apology implies that you wouldn't do it again. And, under the circumstances, you wouldn't do anything differently, would you?"No.

Atal felt a spectral change in the air, as if the laws of earth were bowing to greater laws.

poetry has been able to function quite directly as human interpretation of the raw, loose universe. It is a mixture, if you will, of journalism and metaphysics, or of science and religion.

Let children feed on the good, the excellent, the great! Don't get in their way with little lectures, facts, and guided tours!

I can only say that I have had a wonderful life.

The thought of suicide is a great source of comfort: with it a calm passage is to be made across many a bad night.

Mother's milk leads to everything.

My life really has been one long extravaganza.

What is happening here is we are living past the age, by the millions, living past the age where cultural values make any sense at all.