I never faced a pitcher with better stuff than Nolan Ryan.

You know raising a family in the lifestyle of a professional athlete can be very difficult.

My brother Larry. He taught me how hard work and dedication to the game was the only way to make it. He's taken care of all my business activities for me and my family for many years, and I thank him for that.

My high school coach was Ray O'Conner. He has coached a lot of players that have signed professional contracts, and many of those have gone on to play in the major leagues.

I had dreams of catching the ball for the final out in the World Series and being mobbed by my teammates. Well, I guess all my dreams didn't come true.

And George Brett. I think most people know that George and I have become pretty good friends over the years.

I never faced a pitcher with better stuff than Nolan Ryan.

I was also very lucky to be a teammate of two of the greatest players to have ever played the game. I learned very early on by playing for Frank Robinson and with Henry Aaron that even the greatest players in the game were just one of the guys.

You know no one ever accomplishes something like this without a lot of help from good people along the way. And this is certainly true in my case, and I would like to thank some of those people.

But what I'd really like to tell you is I never dreamed of being in the Hall of Fame. Standing here with all these great players was beyond any of my dreams.

You know over 20 years I played for a number of managers and dozens of coaches. I don't know any of them that I didn't learn something from to help make me a better player.

You know, when I was a young boy I used to play baseball in my back yard or in the street with my brothers or the neighborhood kids. We used broken bats and plastic golf balls and played for hours and hours.

I was also lucky to play for an owner, Bud Selig, who truly cared about his players. He'd call me into his office once in a while when he knew things weren't going so well. And it's funny. Every time I left there I always felt like something good was about to happen.

Life is not the amount of breaths you take its the moments that take your breath away.

We couldn't spend $91 billion if we wanted to.

Crystallize your goals. Make a plan for achieving them and set yourself a deadline. Then, with supreme confidence, determination and disregard for obstacles and other people's criticisms, carry out your plan.

I remember bossing my younger siblings around and making them put on shows and skits with me.

I would love to study cultures and people.

In a childs eyes a mother is a goddess. She can be glorious or terrible benevolent or filled with wrath but she commands love either way. I am convinced that this is the greatest power in the universe.

The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped.

The nice thing about quotes is that they give us a nodding acquaintance with the originator which is often socially impressive.

When you spend a few years being who you are, completely unbiased, you can figure out what you actually want.

Labor looks different in the 21st century. And so should our job training programs.

Even for an area I know well, I prepare a shooting list of subjects I need.

There's one rule that I have on my movies, which is that anything that you want to do, you can do. But! There's a flip side to that, which is that anything I want you to do, give it a try also.

What's great about acting is you can let all your wackiness hang out while you work.

Against Juventus we were massive underdogs, so to beat them was fantastic.

Polygraphs have sparked a fierce debate for at least a century.

I think we have to act like stars because it is expected of us. So we drive our big cars and live in our smart houses.

No connection can ever be broken if love holds tight at both ends.

People can say what they want about me. But I've got a big heart and will keep going.

I have some eye problems from when I was a pilot.

I understand you" is the soul behind "I Love You". If this is missing, "I Love You" is empty.

If cold December gave you birth The month of snow and ice and mirth Place on you hand a Turquoise blue Success will bless whateer you do.

Being on Broadway and getting a Tony nomination - this has been an incredible ride, from rather humble beginnings.

Beware the fury of a patient man.

I think it's important for scientists to speak in their own voices and not just be mediated by journalists or others speaking for them.