Baseball got into my blood early and I worked harder at it than anything.

People pay attention to lyrics, and the race matter was delicate.

There are worse things than being thought a Republican.

The time I spent thinking about how I was better than somebody else or worrying about somebody else's attitude was time I could put to better use.

There only have been two people on this earth that I was nervous around: Chet Atkins and Mickey Mantle. It's because of the respect I have for them.

I was always a dreamer, in childhood especially. People thought I was a little strange.

A woman went so far as to hire private detectives to contact me to help bring her out of what she called a hypnotic trance.