No one wants to hear about the labor pains, they just want to see the baby.

We have to make some radical move to get the attention of everyone. Cheaters can't win and steroids has put us in the position that it's OK to cheat.

Jim Crow was king... and I heard a game in which Jackie Robinson was playing, and I felt pride in being alive

Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time.

One of the trademarks of a champion is that he can outlast you.

Competition is what keeps me playing the psychological warfare of matching skill against skill and wit against wit.

I don't think about goals and records. Competition is what keeps me playing.

When I was a kid, I used to imagine animals running under my bed. I told my dad, and he solved the problem quickly. He cut the legs off the bed.

If you're successful in what you do over a period of time, you'll start approaching records, but that's not what you're playing for. You're playing to challenge and be challenged.

Your bat is your life. It's your weapon. You don't want to go into battle with anything that feels less than perfect

I don't have to steal bases. I steal bases because I want to.

You make me feel at home in my own skin, and that is one of the greatest gifts anyone has ever given me.

You can cease to be influenced by people who tease you... Just neglect their helps and elevate your steps... You can do it!

Report, report, report. Dig, dig, dig. Think, think, think. Don't stop being a reporter because you've become a columnist.

Buddy , you might think that I've lost my mind. But mister, I'd pay twice to do it one more time.

Religions die slowly.

The universe without music would be madness.

I can't remember a time when I wasn't acting, so I can't imagine what I would do if I stopped now.

Strategic quitting is the secret of successful organizations

I have been poor and I have been rich. Rich is better.

[John Carlos] has spent much of his life since that time as a dedicated human rights advocate and public speaker, and he is out now with a wonderful new text; a memoir, in fact.