My all-time heroes are Thurgood Marshall and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., two men who had to really work to achieve what they did. And I had the privilege of meeting them both.

Baseball has done more to move America in the right direction than all of the professional patriots with all their cheap words.

I played with Willie Mays and against Hank Aaron. They were tremendous players, but they were no Josh Gibson.

Many of the greatest black athletes of all time played baseball for no money and no recognition. I'm just sorry many major league fans never got to see them play, because many of them were awesome.

I played for Almendares in Cuba. Guess who was trying out for the team? Castro. Fidel Castro, as a pitcher. He could throw pretty hard, but he was wild. He didn't have any control.

I think anybody who saw him will tell you that Willie Mays was the greatest player who ever lived.

We should explore ways to make us a more amazing species. A more fascinating society. We should embrace our innovations and evolve with them.

Influence follows close upon the heels of character; and whatever we are, that we shall in the end be acknowledged to be.

I think I must admit so fair a guest when it asks entrance to my heart.

I prefer unlucky things. Luck is vulgar. Who wants what luck would bring? I don't.

I'd love to be a voice in 'Toy Story 4.'

Hope differs from optimism. Hope does not arise from being told to "think positively," or from hearing an overly rosy forecast. Hope, unlike optimism, is rooted in unalloyed reality.

Nobody run off with her,” Roscoe said. "She just run off with herself, I guess.

Keep the corners of your mouth turned up. Speak in a low, persuasive tone. Listen; be teachable. Laugh at good stories and learn to tell them...For as long as you are green, you can grow.

Just by the very nature of our birth, we are on the spiritual journey.

Revival is simply New Testament Christianity, the saints going back to normal.