The Lord taught me to love everybody, but the last ones I learned to love were the sportswriters.

A fellow has to have faith in God above and Rollie Fingers in the bullpen.

Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living.

Slow thinkers are part of the game too. Some of these slow thinkers can hit a ball a long way.

Any pitcher who throws at a batter and deliberately tries to hit him is a Communist.

Friendships are forgotten when the game begins.

The writers want to know were you made your mistake, no how well your curve is breaking.

The Giants were supposed to have a new motto, 'Shut up and deal.'

A manager doesn't hear the cheers.

There'll be a man on the moon before Gaylord Perry hits a home run.

Your inner voice and the spiritual guidance...will lead you to your goal.

I have something called endometriosis, and I was told by my gynecologist that I needed to go on a specific diet if I didn't want to have any more surgery.

In every guilty man, there is some innocence. This makes every absolute condemnation revolting.

L'on a beau se cacher a' soi-me" me, l'on aime toujours. We vainly conceal from ourselves the fact that we are always in love.

It could have been the whole thing where you stabbed him.

I've been very lucky.

Above all, I craved to seize the whole essence, in the confines of one single photograph, of some situation that was in the process of unrolling itself before my eyes.

The good thing about having chemistry is, when you get to the improv section of a scene, you've got somebody to feed off. It can go on and on and on, and the sky's the limit.

My fans have written me such kind emails. My management at Daptone helped me heal, too. I'm in a good place.

I'm going to the lobby to sign babies and kiss CDs.