Then you figure out that if you don't throw it as hard as you can, you can put it where you want. It's more important where you put it

The thing that got me over the hump was accepting that I had to do whatever I could to stay in the game

Sooner or later you learn that you belong in the big leagues, and that makes you calm down

But through experience I learned to control my body and locate the ball.

I can't recall too much about pitching, but I do remember that I was anxious to get it over with. I just wanted to get that first game over with and go from there.

Later, I could take something off my slider and I could make my fastball sink, so I really had four pitches.

They developed a platform for me to put up another 12 years, and that was my ticket to Cooperstown. Those were the best years of my life. It was like magic.

When I started finishing games and coming off the field shaking hands, it was a beautiful thing. I mean, you start seeing that you're an important part of the team.

Pitching... sometimes I did so poorly, it brought me to tears

My career spanned the era when relievers started to become more important

I always had the attitude that I wanted to throw a no-hitter every game.

It is in books, poems, paintings which often give us the confidence to take seriously feelings in ourselves that we might otherwise never have thought to acknowledge.

The Bible is not a tested hypothesis, it is not a theory but it is God's Breath.

Your environment plays a key factor in living a fulfilled life. In order to bear fruit, gain fulfillment, and meet fruition, you must intentionally create an environment that will sustain you.

I am a Christian, but I also dont really see myself as a religious person. I see myself as more of a spiritual person.

The Congo Free State is unique in its kind. It has nothing to hide and no secrets and is not beholden to anyone except its founder.

The Linux philosophy is "laugh in the face of danger". Oops. Wrong one. "Do it yourself". That's it.

As a child, I would put on shows in my neighborhood with friends and perform Barbra Streisand songs for my classmates.

While selfishness joins hands with no one of the virtues, benevolence is allied to them all.

In business, people are held accountable. In Washington, nobody is held accountable. In business, people are judged on results. In Washington, people are measured by their ability to get reelected.

Certainly the modern poets I cherish most are disturbing spirits; they do not come to coo.