One thing you learned as a Cubs fan: when you bought you ticket, you could bank on seeing the bottom of the ninth.

One thing you learned as a Cubs fan: when you bought you ticket, you could bank on seeing the bottom of the ninth.

It's pitching, hitting and defense that wins. Any two can win. All three make you unbeatable.

Nolan Ryan is pitching much better now that he has his curve ball straightened out.

Baseball is a game of race, creed, and color. The race is to first base. The creed is the rules of the game. The color? Well, the home team wears white uniforms, and the visiting team wears gray.

The Orioles' Dick Hall comes off the mound like a drunk kangaroo on roller skates.

Baseball is drama with an endless run and an ever-changing cast.

I know a baseball star who wouldn't report the theft of his wife's credit cards because the thief spends less than she does.

I went through baseball as "a player to be named later."

All the 'Today show' viewer wants, I think, is a friendly face.

As a catcher, you can't be afraid. You gotta make fast decisions.

Catchers just aren't glamorous.

I always loved the signs on the outfield walls, and I'll never forget the one in Philadelphia. It said, 'The Phillies use Lifebuoy soap,' and underneath was scrawled, 'And they still stink.'

I know nothing about dogs except that I love them.

I only wear two rings: a wedding ring and my World Series ring.

I think that baseball is still the most entertaining game because it's the simplest to watch.

I went through baseball as 'a player to be named later.'

I'm a small dog guy. I don't want to be pattin' with the big Rottweiler or Great Dane. I like those little guys that jump on your lap and don't knock you over when they do.

The catcher is a groundhog. He's a guy squatting down, digging for the ball in the dirt, and sweating under a pile of uncomfortable protective gear while his knees creak.

You can call anything a sport if you want.

You have to retire before you can make the Hall of Fame.

Baseball is drama with an endless run and an ever changing cast.

The wind always seems to blow against catchers when they are running.

As a catcher you cant be afraid. You gotta make fast decisions.

The catcher is a groundhog. Hes a guy squatting down digging for the ball in the dirt and sweating under a pile of uncomfortable protective gear while his knees creak.

'Red Robin' was just another audition, like a lot of other auditions. I just lucked out, and I got it. It's a great group of people I get to work with. Roger Craig Smith and Will Friedle and a bunch of guys. It's fun!

Every moment of your life is a second chance.

People try to glorify war, particularly those who aren't actually fighting in them. People tend to make heroes of those who are fighting in them.

To say that an idea is fashionable is to say, I think, that is has been adulterated to a point where it is hardly an idea at all.

The Lord receive my soul, and have mercy on me, and bless this kingdom with peace and charity, that there may not be this effusion of Christian blood amongst them.

Being mean about other people isn't on my radar.

I think I'm just a comedian who's a pretty good con man, and I don't see that changing any time soon.

Love is three quarters curiosity.

A great many people in this country are worried about law-and-order. And a great many people are worried about justice. But one thing is certain; you cannot have either until you have both.

The word liberal distinguishes whatever nourishes the mind and spirit from the training which is merely practical or professional or from the trivialities which are no training at all.

Underneath our nice, friendly facades there is great unease. If I were to scratch below the surface of anyone I would find fear, pain, and anxiety running amok. We all have ways to cover them up. We overeat, over-drink, overwork; we watch too much television.

I would classify myself as an individual. Thats what I try to stay true with being myself 100 percent.

The majority of the time... the people that are critiquing and bashing me, they're making me more relevant, I would think. If you didn't want me around, then just don't talk about me, and try and make it silent out there.

Travel is never a matter of money, but of courage.

I do feel more towards certain characters who have depth and intelligence.

'Made' is about opening your heart to people who deserve your love and not trying to turn other people into something that they're not: not trying to save people who don't want to be saved. If you go down that dark path, you're not going to end up doing any good.

Mr. Balanchine was a great gentleman, and he loved his dancers. He was devoted to his company. He came to the ballet every night, and his presence was felt. It was like the whole company was dancing for him. And if he liked you, he trusted you to be yourself. He didn't try to change you and make you into something you were not.

Ethanol's not an ideal fuel.

All the efforts of the human mind cannot exhaust the essence of a single fly.

Science fiction, extrasensory perception, and black people are judged by the worst elements they produce.

Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, 'It will be happier.'

You know, I really do have some morals. I do actually care about people. And I do have a political standpoint.

As we have more women in power, so the plays and the TV dramas are reflecting what's happening.

I've never met a Mormon I didn't like. They're really nice people. They're so Disney. They're so Rodgers and Hammerstein.