Rules or no rules, pitchers are going to throw spitters. It's a matter of survival.

Why do I have to be an example for your kid? You be an example for your own kid.

When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story.

In a world filled with hate, prejudice, and protest, I find that I too am filled with hate, prejudice, and protest.

I could be a real jerk on the days I was pitching.

A great catch is like watching girls go by. The last one you see is always the prettiest.

When I gave up a grand slam to Pete LaCock, I knew it was time to quit.

It is not something I earned or acquired or bought (the ability to pitch). It is a gift. It is something that was given to me - just like the color of my skin.

My pitching philosophy is simple. I believe in getting the ball over the plate and not walking a lot of men.

Fishing is one of the greatest things that you can do, it has the power to relax you like nothing else and there's nothing quite like the thrill of the catch.

A curve ball is not something you can pick up overnight. It took me years to perfect mine.

The world will praise you one moment and defame you the next. So why should we care for praise or defamation?

Most people, probably, are in doubt about certain matters ascribed to their past. They may have seen them, may have said them, done them, or they may only have dreamed or imagined they did so.

Streets flooded. Please advise.

A hereditary monarch is as absurd a position as a hereditary doctor or mathematician.

There was nothing better than the feel of a book in your hand, listening to the crinkling sounds as you turned its pages and the smell of its crisp paper.

We are not the ones who will achieve success and put this world to shame, but God will do this

Over Legislation is not necessarily a virtue. It often leads to misuse of law.

We want [government] down to the size to where it would fit in a bathtub, and then it could worry about what we were up to.

Whenever a woman would come too close, I would cut her off. Part of that was vindictive - but that was totally subconscious.

Eternity is the now that does not pass away.