You don't just throw the ball - you propel it.

A pitcher needs two pitches, one they're looking for and one to cross them up.

Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.

What is life, after all, but a challenge? And what better challenge can there be than the one between the pitcher and the hitter.

I'm probably the only guy who worked for (Casey) Stengel before and after he was a genius.

Gentlemen, for the first 60 feet that was a hell of a pitch.

When I throw a ground ball, I expect it to be an out, maybe two.

A good hitter has timing. A good pitcher upsets timing.

Twenty games is the magic figure for pitchers - .300 is the magic figures for batters. It pays off in salary and reputation. And those are the two things that keep a ballplayer in business.

I'll never forgive myself. We might have gotten rid of Willie forever if I'd only struck him out.

Home plate is 17 inches wide, but I ignore the middle 12 inches. I pitch to the two-and-a-half inches on each side.

I can't do anything else until the words in my head are set free.

Some claim that computers will, by 2050, achieve human capabilities. Of course, in some respects they already have.

Life as an end is qualitatively different from life as a means.

I don't speak, I float in the air wrapped in a sheet I'm not a real person, I'm a ghost trapped in a beat

The Party System was founded on one national notion of fair play. It was the notion that folly and futility should be fairly divided between both sides.

One job is to be an actor, the other job is to be a spectator.

I never thought television would or could be a long-term commitment.

The typical person has no trouble believing without knowing. What people need to realize is simply that you do not need to believe to know.

A really good detective never gets married.

You're best when you're not in charge. The ego locks the muse.