Failure is a part of success. There is no such thing as a bed of roses all your life. But failure will never stand in the way of success if you learn from it.

I am very proud to be an American. This country has so much potential, I'd just like to see things better, or whatever, and I think it will be.

Failure is a part of success. There is no such thing as a bed of roses all your life. But failure will never stand in the way of success if you learn from it.

You got to play a hundred and fifty games a year, so pick your spots. You can miss two games a month; so pick the days you're gonna be hurt, or you're gonna rest or you're gonna have a drink or two. The rest of the time, be on that field.

The pitcher has got only a ball. I've got a bat. So the percentage in weapons is in my favor and I let the fellow with the ball do the fretting.

It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.

If I knew exactly what I know now and had it to do over, I'd be a switch hitter. No telling what I could have done.