They give you a round bat and they throw you a round ball and they tell you to hit it square.
There's nothing I value more than the closeness of friends and family, a smile as I pass someone on the street.
That's where the future lies, in the youth of today.
Life is one big transition.
To be successful, one must take chances.
The bat is gone, but the smile remains.
I found myself in a race with Mother Nature to play as much baseball as I could before she forced me to stop.
You only have a few years to play this game and you can't play it if you're all tied up in knots.
I'm always amazed when a pitcher becomes angry at a hitter for hitting a home run off him. When I strike out, I don't get angry at the pitcher, I get angry at myself. I would think that if a pitcher threw up a home run ball, he should be angry at himself.
We devote our entire lives to becoming good ball players. We take batting practice until our hands bleed.
Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child.
A World Series trophy is a wonderful thing to behold.
To me, baseball has always been a reflection of life. Like life, it adjusts. It survives everything.
Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.
Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.
I've always been a slave to my heart.
I love September, especially when we're in it.
I was always a self-proclaimed poor slider.
I was bred as an outcast, part Negro and part Seminole, in my early years raised as an Indian.
I gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself.
