I practice on the acoustic guitar a little bit, but I think I have reached the peak of my talent.
You gotta learn that if you're gonna take the last shot of the game, it's either gonna go in, or it's not gonna go in, and you're either gonna be the hero or the goat.
Sometimes I get so pumped up, I get a headache. I get woozy. I get dizzy. I like that feeling, I don't know why.
I'm inspired by my master's movie 'Kerd ma lui,' Bruce Lee's 'Fists of Fury,' and Jackie Chan's 'Police Story.'
There are three types of baseball players: Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen and those who wonder what happens.
When I was 15 years old, I used to actually dream I was pitching in Yankee Stadium. Bill Dickey was my catcher.
They could never beat me in Springfield. I loved that old ballpark. If I could have pitched there all my career, I'd be a 300-game winner.
There are three kinds of people in this world: people who make it happen, people who watch what happens, and people who wonder what happened.
When you have God-given talent, I think that that kind of hinders your practice habits and that's what I think it did to me.
I think the guys that get to the All-Star Game deserve a lot of credit. They deserve their opportunity to get out there and let the baseball fandom see them.
In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted, if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end.
My pitch count as a general rule was 135. And I knew how many pitches I had when I went to the mound for the last three innings.
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
When you hurry you're more apt to make mistakes. But you have to be quick. If you're not quick you can't get things done.
Well, your greatest joy definitely comes from doing something for another, especially when it was done with no thought of something in return.
It is most difficult in my mind, to seperate success, whether it be in your profession, your family, or as in my case, in basketball, from religion.
It is most difficult, in my mind, to separate any success, whether it be in your profession, your family, or as in my case, in basketball, from religion.
If you're a manager you can't get frustrated and be emotional. You have to continue to steer the ship, you can't let go of the wheel because who knows where it will go then.
Even though I left for a year, I grew here as a Jazz man. If I'm fortunate enough to go into the Hall of Fame, I will go as a Jazz man.
In 1906, I developed pleurisy and was unable to get into condition. So I asked for my release and obtained it. So ended my Major League career.
I wasn't real quick, and I wasn't real strong. Some guys will just take off and it's like, whoa. So I beat them with my mind and my fundamentals.
