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.

Didn't come up here to read. Came up here to hit.

Failure is part of success.

I need to depend on Someone who is bigger, stronger and wiser than I am. I don't do it on my own. God is my strength. He gave me a good body and some talent and the freedom to develop it. He helps me when things go wrong. He forgives me when I fall on my face. He lights the way.

I would like people not to think in terms of the 755 home runs I hit but think in terms of what I've accomplished off the field and some of the things I stood for.

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.

In baseball, there is something electrifying about the big leagues. I had read so much about Stan Musial, Ted Williams and Jackie Robinson. I had put those guys on a pedestal. They were something special. I really thought they put their pants on different, rather than one leg at a time.