My dad was into the 1950s doo-wop era. If you look at those groups, or at James Brown, Jackie Wilson and the Temptations in the 1960s, you'll see you had to be sharp onstage.
If you make every game a life and death proposition, you're going to have problems. For one thing, you'll be dead a lot.
It's the fashion, I tell you: big, tall women going out with tiny, tiny men.
I think men are allowed to be fat and bald and ugly and women aren't. And it's just not - there is no equality there.
I went out as a free agent in Boston and had a great year and I priced myself out of there market, at the time.
Elizabeth I was my favourite monarch though, what an inspiration, she did great things for women.
The two most important things in life are good friends and a strong bullpen.
You can hit as many revolutions as you want, but women are always going to wear uncomfortable shoes that look good.
In the past when I was in Hollywood, I was like a dog. I felt humiliated. My English was not good. People would even ask me 'Jackie Who?'.
I don't have a great deal of stress job-wise in my life, and that feels good.
It's sad that we have become so accustomed to bad service that we're shocked when we get good service.
You lead with direction, and you try to lead by example. I try to be there when things are not good and obviously share the spoils of success.
We have reason to feel good, but it's also a threat to feel too good and I will pay attention that that doesn't happen.
Most women outlive their spouses. Divorce remains at record rates. It's important for a woman to be able to control her finances.
I was leaving probably one of the greatest organizations in hte world at that time for what was probably one of the least like, and, by God, this is America.
I thought I knew there was a God. I always acknowledged that, but at the same time, I didn't live by those laws.
I'm a very private person. My life story isn't for everybody.
I'll play out the string and leave baseball without a tear. A man can't play games his whole life.
One of the more challenging things in life is not being the guy who does the cheating, but not saying anything about it and going along with it.
To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the making of bread.
It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life.
