In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are.

With a fresh start, I hope it’ll work out good. I know the whole Fox story and how he came over here and had a great year for them. I’m hoping that’s what it’ll be...

They developed a platform for me to put up another 12 years, and that was my ticket to Cooperstown. Those were the best years of my life. It was like magic.

The good Lord was good to me. He gave me a strong body, a good right arm, and a weak mind.

Don’t talk – keep it in your heart.

It’s hard not to play golf that’s up to Jack Nicklaus standards when you are Jack Nicklaus.

Now, I’m not here because I was that good. I’m here because of the people around me made me that good.

When handling the ball, I always would look for daylight, wherever there was daylight.

I’m just happy I’m not a phony.

I’ve lived places these guys can’t defecate in.

The whole book experience was a look into another world, the world of Gore Vidal and Norman Mailer.

I had worked very hard to become the best I could be in Austin but never thought I would be able to get into the pro game so quickly.

Swimming is normal for me. I’m relaxed. I’m comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It’s my home.

It was a very exciting time for me to play professional football, finally.

During the Fifties, political and military activities in Vietnam were heavily influenced by the French, who as recent colonial masters, made all-important decisions.

And I’m a believer that you take a negative and turn it into a positive, and as it turned out, it was one of the best things that ever happened to me. And so I...

Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after a...

My music, my songs are 100 percent inspired by girl power.

Speed is a great asset; but it’s greater when it’s combined with quickness – and there’s a big difference.

You have to demand things and believe you’re worth more. And once you do demand them, you’re usually going to get them. The players who first came in were very humble because we came from...

There’s nothing masculine about being competitive. There’s nothing masculine about trying to be the best at everything you do, nor is there anything wrong with it. I don’t know why a female athlete has to...

The American boy starts swinging the bat about as soon as he can lift one.

I don’t think the discus will ever attract any interest until they let us start throwing them at each other.

The only thing that’s changed is the competitiveness of the series. It’s only become harder to win in our series as the years have gone by. Competition breeds good things, and that’s what’s happened here.

With love, you should go ahead and take the risk of getting hurt… because love is an amazing feeling.

Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.

I asked no odds and I give none. A guy got in my way, I run over him.

He didn’t even have the satisfaction of being killed for civil rights. it had to be some silly little Communist.

Most of the hits I take come on top of the shoulder pads.

He had a lot of talent, but didn’t have much dedication, wasn’t organized, didn’t know how to learn, didn’t know how to comprehend what he was doing, didn’t try to learn how to get better.

It is harder for a poor man to be successful than it is for a rich man.

To be great we need to win games we aren’t supposed to win.

I’m the gooney bird that walked to the bank. I’m doing better than most of those guys who said I was crazy.

I feel bad about my outlook, how I feel about people and society, and that I’ll never be part of society the way I should.

The only thing I do is just pray for inspiration, for a way of thinking, because I don’t have any particular goal in sight.

What are you going to do? Admit to yourself that the pitchers have you on the point of surrender? You can’t do that. You must make yourself think that the pitchers are just as good...

My main objective is to prepare candidates for professional baseball; however, the majority of our graduates will go home as much better qualified amateurs.

I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and you put the work and time into it. I think your mind really controls everything.

The older you get the stronger the wind gets – and it’s always in your face.

I didn’t always know, but I always wanted to. I always wanted to be the very best receiver the Cowboys ever had. That was my goal coming in as a rookie and my goal throughout...

I like to refer to my years with the Angels as the foundation of my career.

If you have ability in a certain area, why not capitalize on it and improve it and use it?

We’re all just playing our own game. I don’t see it as a rivalry. We’re just trying to play our best.

For me, being a starter doesn’t matter. Of course, I’d like to be in at the end of the game, to be a big part of the team, and to play as many minutes as...

Skating was the vessel into which I could pour my heart and soul.

What I want is to be number one.

The call that always seemed the toughest to me was the slide and tag play at second. You can see it coming, but you don’t know which way the runner is going to slide, where...

I had a lot of growing up to do. A lot of times, I learned the hard way.

Every night, I have to read a book, so that my mind will stop thinking about things that I stress about.

In every aspect of life, have a game plan, and then do your best to achieve it.