I never leave a game before the last pitch, because in baseball, as in life and especially politics, you never know what will happen.

I refuse to make a decision that somebody else can make. The first rule of leadership is to save yourself for the big decision. Don't allow your mind to become cluttered.

President Johnson and I have a lot in common. We were both born in small towns and we're both fortunate in the fact that we think we married above ourselves.

Baseball without fans is like Jayne Mansfield without a sweater. Hang on, that can be taken two ways.

If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no risks, you win no victories.

What are our schools for if not indoctrination against Communism?

So you are lean and mean and resourceful and you continue to walk on the edge of the precipice because over the years you have become fascinated by how close you can walk without losing your balance.