It was the single greatest feat I ever saw.

It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life.

A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.

Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time.'

I leaned on him for support when I got out of the cab, and he just crumpled to the ground. That's how we found out.

After I hit a home run I had a habit of running the bases with my head down. I figured the pitcher already felt bad enough without me showing him up rounding the bases.

If I had played my career hitting singles like Pete (Rose), I'd wear a dress.

I thought I raised a ballplayer. You're nothing but a coward and a quitter.

You never have to wait long, or look far, to be reminded of how thin the line is between being a hero or a goat.

Well, baseball was my whole life. Nothing's ever been as fun as baseball.

I've often wondered how a man who knew he was going to die could stand here and say he was the luckiest man on the face of the earth, but now I guess I know how he felt.

If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.

Promises, like gardens need weeding from time to time to produce healthy results.

Collaboration begins with mutual understanding and respect.

Taking risks gives me energy.

To secure peace is to prepare for war.

We're not planning for the future. If we continue to spend ourselves into oblivion, we are going to destroy this nation.

There's just no substitute for the truth.

Most of us waste our energy through chattering - endlessly chattering, gossiping, criticising, backbiting.

How could you know what it feels like to fight the hounds of hell?

Real success is doing things right every day by not forgetting to express love to your friends.