Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt.

Maintaining concentration depends on what I call tunnel vision; nothing else in the world exists but the catcher's target, the hitter and my perfect delivery.

What man in his 40s would not like to look in the mirror and find Nolan Ryan?

When I had dyslexia, they didn't diagnose it as that. It was frustrating and embarrassing. I could tell you a lot of horror stories about what you feel like on the inside.

One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something.

My job is to give my team a chance to win.

Dick Moss, my agent. Dick became my agent in 1979 when I signed my contract with the Houston Astros.