Joe Torre would tell you to make sure you can hit the ball on the outside part of the plate

Tommie Aaron taught me how to have a good attitude, to be easy going and not get uptight.

One of the more challenging things in life is not being the guy who does the cheating, but not saying anything about it and going along with it.

God isn't really interested in our batting averages.

To go to hospitals and see people fight and overcome cystic fibrosis or cancer or any number of illnesses is to see courage that is humbling. And athletes constantly need to be humbled.

My heroes are people who are working hard and trying to make a good living for their families. My heroes are people who put their families first.

You don't usually get treated unfairly. You usually get what you deserve.

If you live what you believe, you will always have the respect of others.

When you come right down to it, I guess I really am pretty bland.

Playing baseball is not real life. It's a fantasy world... It's a dream come true.

Whether I'm hitting .100 or .300, I have resolved to at least enjoy every game.

I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.

He was part of us and when he died, all the actions stopped dead and there was no one to do them just the way he did.

Because they're my stories, they're my version of events of the past three years. But I really hope people can hear their own stories within the songs and they can become our version of events.

My reputation is too important to put it aside for purposes of some friendship. We have a job to do.

That's the Oscars for ya - you remember who was nominated, but you don't remember who won!

It's great to be with William Buckley, because you don't have to think. He takes a position and you automatically take the opposite one and you know you're right.

In our public life, California is on the verge of being a failed state, and no state has failed in the history of this country.

Performance of duty and observance of morality are convertible terms.

I love the idea of making records that people can use, records that have a sense of utility.

The solitary monk who shook the world From pagan slumber, when the gospel trump Thunder' d its challenge from his dauntless lips In peals of truth.