There's no easier pitch to hit than a splitter that doesn't do anything.

There's no easier pitch to hit than a splitter that doesn't do anything.

Army life was rough. Would you believe it, they actually wanted me to pitch three times a week.

You would be amazed how many important outs you can get by working the count down to where the hitter is sure you're going to throw to his weakness, and then throw to his power instead.

Sooner or later the arm goes bad. It has to... Sooner or later you have to start pitching in pain.

You kind of took it for granted around the Yankees that there was always going to be baseball in October.

Hell, if I didn't drink drink or smoke, I'd win twenty games every year. It's easy when you don't drink or smoke or horse around.

The way to make coaches think you're in shape in the spring is to get a tan.

I know Koufax' weakness. He can't hit.

I never threw the spitter, well maybe once or twice when I really needed to get a guy out real bad.

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a mans last romance.

Learning about and from your customers isn't always easy and requires a commitment to continual observation.

A thing is incredible, if ever, only after it is told—returned to the world it came out of.

A fan sent me a letter and a $10 bill. It's a short letter - all she said was, 'Hey, since it's harder for you to go out these days without getting photographed, here $10 for a pizza.' I was like, 'Aww, she sent me money for a pizza so I could eat at home!'

I wake up early. At 6:30 A.M., I'm at my most optimistic.

Every night is different, a ball of thread that unrolls differently.

The truth is that everyone pays attention to who's number one at the box office. And none of it matters, because the only thing that really exists is the connection the audience has with a movie.

I don't mind being wrong, and I don't mind changing my mind.

All art is an intensely vulnerable gesture, and it is made with no small amounts of risk, and fear. So, I have plenty of sympathy for self-defense mechanisms, especially among artists.

The more I see of men, the more I like dogs.

Practically any Western has a homesteader in trouble, and a mysterious rider shows up off the range, solves the problem over two or three days, and then rides off into the sunset.

When you're doing a big movie, you're gone for 10 months to a year.

You'd be naive if you think you are going to retain any control once you option a character to TV.

Gratitude can transform common days into Thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.

The idea of recognising your strengths and using them in as versatile a way as you can is cool to me.

As a good wine must be kept in a good cask, so a wholesome body is the proper foundation for a well-appointed inner ground.

If you are not going all the way, why go at all?

If you go out and see a lot of movies in a given year, it's really hard to come up with a top ten, because you saw a lot of stuff that you liked. A top 20 is easier. You probably get one masterpiece a year, and I don't think you should expect more than one masterpiece a year, except in a really great year.

I'm not a highly outgoing person. I'm pretty guarded when you first meet me. But being in a Speedo for my entire life growing up, because I was a swimmer, and being naked in front of people now, doesn't really bother me.

People have confused playing devil's advocate with being intelligent.

I had a great career in Australia, so it was a hard decision to move to America. But in 2010, I was asked to audition for the part Melissa McCarthy ended up playing in 'Bridesmaids.'

To be hopeful means to be uncertain about the future, to be tender toward possibilities, to be dedicated to change all the way down to the bottom of your heart.

I'm scared of clowns.

There is a lot of dignity in having the ability to confront the inconsequence of reality.