There's nothing I value more than the closeness of friends and family, a smile as I pass someone on the street.

Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere.

I was bred as an outcast, part Negro and part Seminole, in my early years raised as an Indian.

I've always been a slave to my heart.

To be successful, one must take chances.

I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.

When they start the game, they don't yell, "Work ball." They say, "Play ball."

They give you a round bat and they throw you a round ball. And they tell you to hit it square.

Throwing a knuckleball for a strike is like throwing a butterfly with hiccups across the street into your neighbor's mailbox.

Helping someone is what life is all about.

You only have a few years to play this game and you can't play it if you're all tied up in knots.

Learning is important. It is a way to make a life better for yourself and your family.

Mirror mirror on the wall, show the real me or naught at all.

To get someone's attentionsay three words with compassion.Say "I love you", more than me, like the river loves the sea.

In order to please others, we loose our hold on our life's purpose.

I love Paris. I've been there a number of times.

He had preserved the best part of her and made it his own: the principle of her scent.

I don't know if the music moves forward anymore. I haven't heard anything for years - except refinement - coming out of the jazz world.

Whoever is in the distress can call me. I will come running wherever they are.

*Throwing bread out of door* AND STAY OUT!