We all wore a 21 patch that one season as a silent tribute to our deceased teammate Roberto.

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.

Time is a created thing. To say 'I don't have time, ' is like saying, 'I don't want to.

I want a society free of human trafficking

That was the hard part of having kids: trying to be on their schedule, then fighting to get to sleep while they are sleeping.

We play our Irish songs a bit more loosely.

To be moral, correct, and virtuous is to be obedient to an old established law and custom.

I wouldn't want to go out six nights a week and watch somebody's reserves playing to check out a footballer to see if we're going to buy him.

Birthdays? yes, in a general way; For the most if not for the best of men: You were born (I suppose) on a certain day: So was I: or perhaps in the night: what then?

We have a system that was devised by racists to create racist ends.

I believe that in our constant search for security we can never gain any peace of mind until we secure our own soul.

I tend to play sort of douchey.