I, a miserable wretch, haunted by a curse that shut up every avenue to enjoyment.
Defense to me is the key to playing baseball
They throw the ball, I hit it. They hit the ball, I catch it.
It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What is tough, is being good every day.
In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept constructive criticism. Without one-hundred percent dedication, you won't be able to do this.
I think I was the best baseball player I ever saw.
What you are thinking, what shape your mind is in, is what makes the biggest difference of all.
Had I the power, I would scatter libraries over the whole land, as the sower sows his wheat-field.
Mary, I give you my heart. Always keep it yours. Jesus, Mary, always be my friends. I beg you, let me die rather than be so unfortunate as to commit a single sin.
Human beings have become so afraid of the unknown, themselves, and each other that they deprive themselves of that innate ecstasy and love of life which comes with a human body, mind and spirit, by hiding behind the empty shell of their ego.
I hate symbolic art in which the presentation loses all spontaneous movement in order to become a machine, an allegory -- a vain and misconceived effort because the very fact of giving an allegorical sense to a presentation clearly shows that we have to do with a fable which by itself has no truth either fantastic or direct; it was made for the demonstration of some moral truth.