There was never a day when I was as good as Joe DiMaggio at his best. Joe was the best, the very best I ever saw.

Unless you give it all you've got, there isn't any sense in playing.

I love to play this game of baseball. I love putting on the uniform.

Back in my day, we didn't think about money as much. We enjoyed playing the game. We loved baseball. I didn't think about anybody else but the Cardinals.

I learned to hit with a broomstick and a ball of tape and I could always get that bat on the ball.

The first principle of contract negotiations is don't remind them of what you did in the past - tell them what you're going to do in the future.

Used to be bats had thick handles and a big barrel. Then they found it's not the size of the bat that gets home runs - it's the speed with which you can swing it.

The key to hitting for high average is to relax, concentrate, and don't hit the fly ball to center field.

Get eight hours of sleep regularly. Keep your weight down, run a mile a day.

Hitting is like swimming. Once you learn the stroke, you never forget it.

The one unbreakable rule about hitting is this: if a batter hits well with his own particular stance and swing, think twice - or more - before suggesting a change.

People of the hundred, " he said, using an ancient Herrani phrase Arin was surprised he knew, "who leads you?"So many cried Arin's name that it no longer sounded like his name.

All life is in vain, for Death makes a nonsense of pain.

Sometimes the truth stares us in the face, but we just choose not to look.

The goal is not simply to 'work hard, play hard.' The goal is to make our work and our play indistinguishable.

I believe that there may be intelligent life on other planets.

It's us that's really amazing.

Fans want you to be something super-human, something that's impossible for any human being to be.

What are days for? Days are where we live.

Writing is hard work; its also the best job Ive ever had.

It's not about what it looks like in the studio or on the runway. It's what it looks like on a real person that matters.