You can't win them all.

The game has kept faith with the public, maintaining its old admission price for nearly thirty years while other forms of entertainment have doubled and tripled in price. And it will probably never change.

I guess more players lick themselves that are ever licked by an opposing team. The first thing any man has to know is how to handle himself.

No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball.

You're born with two strikes against you, so don't take a third one on your own.

There has been only one manager, and his name is John McGraw.

As one of nine men, DiMaggio is the best player that ever lived.

You can't win them all.

Humanity is the keystone that holds nations and men together. When that collapses, the whole structure crumbles. This is as true of baseball teams as any other pursuit in life.

People always make that mistake when they talk about theatre - the notion of the 'theatrical' meaning something separate from life. If it doesn't relate to life, it doesn't relate to anything.

Knowledge is being aware of what you can do. Wisdom is knowing when not to do it.

I pledge to you I'm not a talker. I'm a doer.

The minute you think you have the right to belittle others because you think youre better than them is the same minute youve proven your worse.

My favorite band of all time is The Clash. The thing I love about The Clash is they started out as guys who could barely play three chords. They dabbled in reggae, punk, rap, jazz. They came to a sound that could only be defined as The Clash. It was impossible to say what it was. I admire them for that.

The referees have it hard enough and we have to be honest to make their job easier.

The end result of my personal story is that I became a really good drummer, and I know myself well enough to know that I wouldn't have without this really tough conductor and this really cutthroat hostile environment I was in.

You only have your thoughts and dreams ahead of you. You are someone. You mean something.

In Tennessee where I grew up, there were animals, farms, wagons, mules

A fool must now and then be right, by chance.

I love race car drivers, I love gymnastics, I love UFC, I love police officers, I love firefighters. I just try to give them the same enjoyment they give me.

If you guys are interested in getting any kind of animal, definitely go and adopt.

What is my calling? What am I supposed to do? I think running for office, public office, can be a divine calling. I mean, I've wrestled with that very question myself.

The dog is almost human in its demand for living interest, yet fatally less than human in its inability to foresee.

There was a time when I was knocking on doors and concerned with being recognized in dominant culture. I've found a space where the terrain is different, where I'm embraced by people like me, and where I'm building new ways of doing things, as opposed to trying to insert myself in a place that might not be welcoming.

I wish I could play the World Cup; that's one of my dreams.

I was stuck in a wheelchair playing this deranged villain. I felt this mass amount of rage at being so confined. I thought, 'What can I do that is the direct opposite of this situation?' The only thing I could think of was that I could sing and dance.

It was always me and the other guy. I came in second for a long time.

It's like these songs are your babies and you don't want anybody to think your babies are ugly! You never really know until you throw it out there if it's gonna take.

I grew up with Shakespeare, and there are so many wonderful teachings in those plays. The stories are all so unique and timeless. There is just so much learning in that body of work, and that is something I will always go back to.

Teachers appreciate being appreciated, for teacher appreciation is their highest award.

If you're making too many excuses for someone, agonising over them in a way which takes up all your waking thoughts and feel so nervous around them you could be sick, then they are probably the wrong person.

No one knows restaurants like a New Yorker - they're incredibly discerning and restaurant savvy.

Humility is the most important quality in the spiritual life. When it is lacking spiritual growth stops.