“I don’t believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people.”

Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.

I went into a restaurant one night and ordered lobster, and the waiter brought me one with a claw missing.

Life is what you allow yourself not to see.

Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.

You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.

Winning is only important in war and surgery.

I come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.

Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.

If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.

The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.

We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.

I had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.

God didn’t miss any of us.

It bothers me that the average fan, the average sportswriter for that matter, pays so much attention to what’s in a box score.

Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.

You measure a player from the head up.

The most malignant of enemies is the lust which abides within.

You are the most difficult person you will ever lead.

I guess what surprised me the most was the discrepancy in casualties: Iraq, one hundred fifty thousand casualties, USA: seventy-nine!

Most people are cowards.

I’ve liked most of the films that I’ve been in and those are the kinds of films I like to see.

When we hate people who hurt us, we come to resemble what we hate, or worse, and then we suffer all the more. What is evil is our response. We have choices, and love is the most powerful eliminator of all.

Most of the successful people I know mostly listen, not talk.

For the most part our leaders are merely following out in front; they [only] marshal us in the way that we are going.