Pete Rose came over to the Phillies in '79 and he became the catalyst that helped us to put it all together.

You've gotta find a way to get out of your own way, so you can progress in life.

So what I did on the field was the essence of what I am. Remember me like that.

I trained myself to perform on the field.

The final release point for the fastball is the tips of your fingers.

That's the past. I don't agree with retrospect.

Rooting is following, and I don't do that, but I'd like to see the Phillies win because I love Philadelphia.

I threw all my pitches over the top which was important for me because my slider was hard to tell from my fastball at release.

Everything I was, physically and mentally, that's what I put on that field.

I was probably in the best shape of any athlete at the time, but you don't get to pass judgment on yourself.

To get the feel of how the slider should roll off of your index finger, use this grip and practice at half speed and roughly half the distance to the mound.

Intellectual capacity is a precondition for becoming a man of knowledge.

You're the light that shines on the dark places of my soul

With persistence and never-ending improvements you can be the best.

If you're going through hell, keep going.

It is good a philosopher should remind himself, now and then, that he is a particle pontificating on infinity.

We want men to rule the nation who care more for and love better the nation's welfare than gold and silver, fame or popularity.

The arts are not a luxury. They are an integral part of our lives as individuals and as a nation.

If you wish me to weep, you yourself must first feel grief.

There are these boutique writers out there who think if they are not writing their novels sitting at a bistro with their laptops, then they're not real writers. That's ridiculous.

No short-cut that tries to bypass the patient unfolding of the true character of God, and our relationship to him as his children, can ever succeed in providing long-term spiritual therapy.