We saw very little of the real Jack Buck behind the microphone. He would touch people in ways that we will never know. Jack was much more than just an announcer.

I may not drive in 100 runs a year, but I can prevent 100 runs from scoring against us.

When I'm in my groove there is no thinking. Everything just happens.

We hope there is a sense of purpose in everything.

I don't think anybody ever really just retires where they don't do anything.

I don't know how many people have ever seen the National Guard break in somewhere, but they mean business.

My short game's not that good. It just becomes a matter of getting that weight moving.

As I was in the air, the ball took a bad hop and caromed behind me, but I was able to catch it with my bare hand. I hit the ground, bounced back up, and threw Burroughs out at first.

No one paid attention to my offense. So having 2,000 hits is one of the things that is an accomplishment.

Let it go and learn from the process.

In life there are times where you have to behave like twilight streets: Don’t move, don’t speak, don’t even dream, just be silent and wait for the light to shine on you!

Poetry is an affair of sanity, of seeing things as they are.

Sympathy is the charm of human life.

Let's show them all how it's done, let's do it all imperfectly.

As far back as I can remember, I wanted to dance, sing and perform.

There's no way to repay a mother's love, or lack of it.

I have written a bunch of scripts that have not gotten produced, much more so early in my career than later.

I love watching people be totally committed in a very real way to stupid situations. I find it's not so much trying to be funny, it's trying to be real in a messed up context. That's comedy to me.

People don't mind being in prison as long as no one else is free. But stage a jailbreak, and everybody else freaks out.