You're not always going to be at your best, but it better be the best you've got that day.

I knew we were in for a long season when we lined up for the national anthem on opening day and one of my players said, 'Every time I hear that song I have a bad game.'

When it’s time, it’s time … and it’s time.

We need our veterans to set an example, like being the first ones there. A veteran is entitled to a bigger paycheck, but not a special set of rules.

You don't lead by lip service, you lead by example.

We need to have preparation to win. A disciplined team will win more close games over a period of time.

He represented the Twins , but I think everyone in baseball felt like they were a teammate of Kirby Puckett.

I'm second in doubles - double vodkas, double scotches.

It takes time to get the whole package. Freshmen can't be seniors.

It's well known that I interviewed with Philadelphia last winter, and I'd like to manage again.

You can't run a mule in the Kentucky Derby.

Call me sentimental, but there's no-one in the world that I'd like to see get dysentery more than you

Moments of love and compassion are the only immortal moments in human being’s life! We humans are mortals with immortal moments!

Steven dreamed of you the very secondyou died(So the poem goes)and you may have visited himBut I'm pretty sure you don't believein poems

I believe no one qualification is so likely to make a good writer, as the power of rejecting his own thoughts.

Never be afraid of the future, for it brings wonderful things.

I don't think I'm destined to be the eternal bachelor.

She fell apart because that's what happens.

Forget favors given; remember those received.

May all of you as Americans never forget your heroic origins, never fail to seek Divine guidance, and never lose your natural God-given optimism.

Discipline is the highest form of love. If you really love someone, you have to give them the level of discipline they need.