Through all the years of experimenting and research, I never once made a discovery. I start where the last man left off... All my work was deductive, and the results I achieved were those of invention pure and simple.

Baseball is the greatest of American games. Some say football, but it is my firm belief, and it shall always be, that baseball has no superior.

I never failed once. It just happened to be a 2000-step process.

The First 40 hours of work per week are for survival. Everything after that is for success.

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

An idea is something that won't work unless you do.

I remember that I was never able to get along at school. I was at the foot of the class.