“Do what you love to do and give it your very best. Whether it’s business or baseball, or the theater, or any field.”

They should bounce around a little, show some life and zip.

Everybody says we hated the Yankees. We didn’t hate the Yankees. We just hated the way they beat us.

The youngsters coming up now just go through the motions necessary to make the play.

Managing can be more discouraging than playing, especially when you’re losing because when you’re a player, there are at least individual goals you can shoot for.

The manager is by himself. He can’t mingle with his players. I enjoyed my players.

If you don’t love what you’re doing and you can’t give it your best, get out of it. Life is too short.

But I could not socialize with them so I spent a lot of time alone in my hotel room. Those four walls kind of close in on you.

I’m delighted. I don’t know of anybody who had a statue built of them while they were living. It’s a great feeling.

You’ll be an old man before you know it.

When you’re a manager all the worries of the team become your worries.

It adds a little action and gives the fans something to look at rather than the monotonous routine, no matter how perfectly the play is made.

I am not bound for any public place, but for ground of my own where I have planted vines and orchard trees, and in the heat of the day climbed up into the healing shadow of the woods.

I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices today than any of you to secure peace.

In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help train us in perseverance. Long-distance running is particularly good training in perseverance.

Any man who makes a speech more than six times a year is bound to repeat himself, not because he has little to say, but because he wants applause and the old stuff gets it.

I know for a fact that I’m problematic. I shouldn’t be looked to for any kind of guidance.

Prayer is work. The experiences of many children of God demonstrate that it accomplishes far more than does any other form of work. It is also warfare, for it is one of the weapons in fighting the enemy. However, only prayer in the spirit is genuinely effectual.

In high school, there are so many cliques. You’re never safe.

Real faith has perfect peace and joy and a shout at any time. It always sees the victory.