Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching.

When a batter swings and I see his knees move, I can tell just what his weaknesses are then I just put the ball where I know he can't hit it.

You win a few, you lose a few. Some get rained out. But you got to dress for all of them.

They said I was the greatest pitcher they ever saw... I couldn't understand why they couldn't give me no justice.

My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.

Any unhappiness that they might harbor in their hearts was kept in check, buried under the hard work that marked the rhythms of their lives, and then dissolved…

'...it is not when he is working in his office but when he is lying idly on the sand that his soul utters, 'Life is beautiful.'' (p. 2)