Sportsmanship and easygoing methods are all right, but it is the prospect of a hot fight that brings out the crowds.

One small breeze doesn't make a wind storm.

In playing or managing, the game of ball is only fun for me when I'm out in front and winning. I don't give a hill of beans for the rest of the game.

One percent of ballplayers are leaders of men. The other 99 percent are followers of women.

There is but one game and that game is baseball.

Get in front of the ball, you won't get hurt. That's what you've got a chest for, young man.

Learn to know every man under you, get under his skin, know his faults. Then cater to him - with kindness or roughness as his case may demand.

With my team I am an absolute czar. My men know it. I order plays and they obey. If the don't, I fine them.

You think the greatest thing in the whole world would be to become a baseball player - if best things already happened, what's next?

I think we can win it if my brain holds out.

The boy's (Hack Wilson) got talent and desire, but he ain't got no neck.

But death was her curse and her gift, and death had been her good friend these long, long years.

Convince yourself everyday that you are worthy of a good life. Let go of stress, breathe. Stay positive, all is well.

With every sunrise our hearts sing with joy, our minds dance with love, and our lives get new meaning

there is no action kind enough to express heartbreak. I am left shut, the quietest of blossoms.

I'm too busy thinking what I'm going to say next to remember what I've said, but my staff tells me I'm sometimes funny. Not always on purpose, though.

Our beliefs are what create our experiences. As we change our beliefs, we alter our perception, our version of reality.

I like to be in waiting rooms with people as they're auditioning, because their terror calms me.

My father gave me some advice when I was very young - whatever someone tells you in the future, don't forget Pele is the best.

What do you mean, you "don't believe in homosexuality?" It's not like the Easter Bunny, your belief isn't necessary.

Be a vegetarian. That was the best advice I ever took. It means I'm not involved in killing, that's the main thing.