There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.

You always get a special kick on opening day, no matter how many you go through. You look forward to it like a birthday party when you're a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen.

A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.

I played my best everyday. You never know when someone may be seeing you play for the first time.

At my age, I'm just happy to be named the greatest living anything.

The reason I play so hard is that somewhere out there is some kid who has never seen me play before, and I don't want to disappoint him.

You ought to run the hardest when you feel the worst. Never let the other guy know you're down.

If anyone wants to know why three kids in one family made it to the big leagues they just had to know how we helped each other and how much we practiced back then. We did it every minute we could.

The test of an outfielder's skill comes when he has to go against the fence to make a catch.

A ball player has to be kept hungry to become a big leaguer. That's why no boy from a rich family has ever made the big leagues.

I always thought there was at least one person in the stands who had never seen me play, and I didn't want to let him down.

God didn’t design your life so you would constantly fall down, but he does hope that you will be brought to your knees.

No one understands now. Those who couldhear a song this deeply vanished long ago.

Thanks, Ian, but sometimes there’s just nothing you can do.” Her feet moved forward again towards the center of Lacsar Forest. “That’s not true, Eena. I can always listen.

Make Money a CENTRAL priority. This has nothing to do with greed and consumption and everything to do with life force and power.

We're asking schools to look at kids as partners in education.

In uncertainty I am certain that underneath their topmost layers of frailty men want to be good and want to be loved.

It's impossible to recreate music from the past. Music always states the truth.

It was clearly one of those mornings when I was particularly American.

His finest hour lasted a minute and a half.

I'm eighteen years behind in my ironing.