I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.

When they start the game, they don't yell, "Work ball." They say, "Play ball."

Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.

Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child.

Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.

Never had I had so many friends and so much fun as I did in the projects.

The Giants were a good team, but our biggest enemy was said to be Candlestick Park.