The home run became glorified with Babe Ruth. Starting with him, batters have been thinking in terms of how far they could hit the ball, not how often.

People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.

I stare out the window and wait for spring.

Any ballplayer that don't sign autographs for little kids ain't an American. He's a communist.

I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.

Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball.

I don't like to sound egotistical, but every time I stepped up to the plate with a bat in my hands, I couldn't help but feel sorry for the pitcher.

Players who stand flat footed and swing with their arms are golfers, not hitters.

A great hitter isn't born, he's made. He's made out of practice, fault correction, and confidence.

To be a good hitter you've got to do one thing - get a good ball to hit.

I've cheated, or someone on my team has cheated, in almost every single game I've been in.

Yin and yang are the left and right hands of the Infinite — creator, destroyer, and reproducer of everything that exists.

A true friend reminds you why you should believe in yourself when you’ve forgotten.

For me, baseball is the most nourishing game outside of literature. They both are re-tellings of human experience.

There's a name for people with an interest in the moon," Alex said. "They're called lunatics.

When it comes to little girls, God the father has nothing on father, the god. It's an awesome responsibility.

I've been trying to pick up painting but it's hard.

In the crystal of the awakened consciousness, one facet is love.

The movies are not my first priority - the theater is.

Children who assume adult responsibilities feel old when they're young.

I want to tell any young girl out there who's a geek, I was a really serious geek in high school. It works out. Study harder.