Ernie Banks was a great great player and when he no longer could play, he became a great ambassador for the game. He represented the game with the highest of class and dignity. Everybody loved Ernie Banks. He enjoyed baseball, life and people. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family. We have truly lost a baseball giant.

I am so happy and proud to learn of Hideo Nomo's election to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. He was quite a pitcher and competitor, but he is also a very special and caring person.

Sports has kept me on the straight and narrow path.

I've been Catholic all my life, and there's one thing I've never understood. Why didn't the Corinthians write back?

I've never used one word of profanity in front of my wife, or my daughter, or my granddaughter or anybody else's wife.

I'm telling you, I don't like cheaters.

Pressure is a word that is misused in our vocabulary. When you start thinking of pressure, it's because you've started to think of failure.