What you do with your life and how you do it is not only a reflection on you, but on your family and all of those institutions that have helped to make you who you are.

My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.

I never thought we'd ever have a black president. President Obama has done such a tremendous job He just has been unable to get what he needs to be moved at the level it should be moved.

Making the majors is not as hard as staying there, staying interested day after day. It's like being married. The hardest part is to stay married.

Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is 80% of being a successful hitter. The other 20% is just execution.

I had many, many, many death threats. I couldn't open letters for a long time, because they all had to be opened by either the FBI or somebody.

I don't want people to forget Babe Ruth. I just want them to remember Henry Aaron.