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

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.

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.

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

If you can practice the rule of ten thousand hours, you will be amazed to find out how easy it is to become the best in that your area of calling.

We may claim to believe in God, but we don't want to believe so much that it makes us different.

Her sadness makes her impossibly beautiful, like snow blanketing a barren landscape.

[Truman] didn’t want to fight the guy, whatever he was—alien, vampyr or douchebag.

Don't judge me. I made a lot of money.

The time has come to return integrity, performance and dignity to New York and make it the Empire State once again.

Being assertive and somewhat really firm has to be backed up with being fair.

The best way to confront, or deal with, technological innovation is to keep moving technologically.

Why would anyone think the FBI had done something crooked or criminal?

If you choose to live in solutions, the world eagerly awaits your dreams and provides every tool and opportunity you need to turn them into reality