You only have a few years to play this game and you can't play it if you're all tied up in knots.

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.

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

Live your best sacred-life. It is only one-time in history.

I suppose there are people who can pass up free guacamole, but they're either allergic to avocado or too joyless to live.

Before 'Gangnam Style' I was not a good attitude artist.

Knowledge without action is wastefulness and action without knowledge is foolishness.

The only limitations are mental. The guy who thinks positively will win.

There's no shame in having to fight every day, but fighting every day, and presumably, if you're still alive to hear these words or read this interview, then you are winning your war. You're here.

Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.

All separation, every kind of estrangement and alienation is false. All is one.

The most convincing argument against early parenthood is that you are in a relationship that is likely to fall apart before that child grows up.

We have the right to ensure our security, especially when it is possible to reach agreement on a political solution.