Ruth was probably the greatest athlete to perform in any sport. Never has there been anybody like him.

I'm really 95 percent Mr. Rogers, and only 5 percent Oscar the Grouch.'

I haven't always done a good job, and I haven't always been successful - but I know that I have tried.

In the end, I'll put my good acts up against those of anybody in this country. Anybody.

Let's not talk punishment.

But why shouldn't I speak out? Don't you speak out in this country?

I haven't always made the right decisions.

We plan absentee ownership as far as running the Yankees is concerned.

As I have said many times - my father was a great fan of Bill Dickey's and he certainly loved the Yankees. I hope that he would be pleased.

Owning the Yankees is like owning the Mona Lisa.

I was often misquoted. I was supportive of my managers, even though they all may not think so.

I am dead set against free agency. It can ruin baseball.

I don't want to be in the Hall of Fame. I don't think owners should be.

As I've always said, the way New Yorkers back us we have to produce for them.

I don't think that anybody should be suspended for life for anything, other than murder. How is it helping someone to say, 'You're done forever, your life's over'?

Winning is the most important thing in my life, after breathing. Breathing first, winning next.

People keep coming up to me and asking, 'How does it feel to be banned for life?' Banned for life. I wasn't banned for life. There was never a word of suspension, probation or ban in that agreement. It was never meant to be part of it.

I think about the next season right away.

Don't talk to me about aesthetics or tradition. Talk to me about what sells and what's good right now. And what the American people like is to think the underdog still has a chance.

Is it in the best interest of baseball to sell beer in the ninth inning? Probably not. The rule has got to be more clearly defined. And then some process should be set up where the judge is not also the appeals judge.

I will never have a heart attack. I give them.

I am tough. Sometimes I'm unreasonable. I have to catch myself every once in a while.

Ruth was probably the greatest athlete to perform in any sport. Never has there been anybody like him.

You shouldn't have any betting in the locker room at all, whether it's baseball or it's horses. You can't beat the horses. You can't beat any kind of gambling because they have the odds.

Liberalism isn't change. It has to be imposed.

My first year of pro ball I played in the Northwest league and made the all-star team, and the next year I played I led the team in hitting and was third or fifth in the league.

If I'm not in shape, it feels like something is wrong. If I haven't been able to get to class for a while or I've been sick, I don't feel complete. It doesn't feel like the electricity is making its connections.

It's through curiosity and looking at opportunities in new ways that we've always mapped our path at Dell. There's always an opportunity to make a difference.

Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is eighty percent of being a successful hitter. The other twenty percent is just execution.

I grew up in a city, I'm a city person - I go on holiday and I'm bored.

With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches.

Getting along with men isn't what's truly important. The vital knowledge is how to get along with a man, one man.

I like to oversee what I do, so I have a hand in writing my songs. I also have people there to help me with my vision.

I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man.

Another factor is the decision, made in 1976, to sharply divide the FBI and the foreign intelligence agencies. The FBI would collect within the United States; the foreign intelligence agencies would collect overseas.

When you're playing a fictional character reacting to the real world, it's incredibly difficult and confusing and kind of messes with your values a bit.

As an older and wiser man, I don't believe in luck. I believe in hard work and talent and determination.

It is necessary to try to pass one's self always; this occupation ought to last as long as life.

Morality and its victim, the mother - what a terrible picture! Is there indeed anything more terrible, more criminal, than our glorified sacred function of motherhood?

Anything you want is just beyond your fear.

You can always tell about somebody by the way they put their hands on an animal.

The essence of a man is found in his faults.

Red is passion lit orange is flowerageous yellow is suntastic pink is lipsensual green is lifebursting blue is skyful purple is berrydancing gray is cloudrainy.

Filipino businessmen must have the ability to compete freely in the global economy.

The abrupt and sudden death of my wife has taken a severe emotional and psychic toll on me. On top of that, some people have stooped so low that they have tried to use my personal tragedy for their personal benefit.

Open your mouth only if what you are going to say is more beautiful than silence.

When you're a working actor and you're happy to be one, you can't focus all your energy on acting because you will go crazy. You have to focus as much energy as you can away from yourself.

Well, acting has been a dream of mine since I can remember; being in the movies and acting, having those experiences.