Plans are invitation to disappointment.
Failure will never stand int he way of success if you learn from it.
There's only one way to break the color line. Be good. I mean, play good. Play so good that they can't remember what color you were before the season started.
You visualize [pitches]. You see it in your head; you think it. . . I used to play every pitcher in my mind before I went to the ballpark. I started getting ready for ever game the moment I woke up.
The thing I like about baseball is that it's one-on-one. You stand up there alone, and if you make a mistake, it's your mistake. If you hit a home run, it's your home run.
Didn't come up here to read. Came up here to hit.
In baseball, there is something electrifying about the big leagues. I had read so much about (Stan) Musial, (Ted) Williams and (Jackie) Robinson. I had put those guys on a pedestal. They were something special. I really thought they put their pants on different, rather than one leg at a time.
Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live.
No, Edward. You are here so I can teach you something. All the people you meet here have one thing to teach you.
A fantastic golf course and venue. It's one of those places that you always look forward to going back to. . . no matter how many times you have been there before.
Attitude is greatly shaped by influence and association.