All the books I have written have been one book, from the beginning.
Ralph (Houk) brought out the best in everybody, and that included me. I consider myself lucky to have played for him.
During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at bats a season. That means I played seven years without ever hitting the ball.
It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life.
A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.
I leaned on him for support when I got out of the cab, and he just crumpled to the ground. That's how we found out.
Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time. '
The reality is that we communicate with every part of our being, and there are times when we must use it all. When someone needs us, he or she needs all of us. There's no text that can replace a loving touch when someone we love is hurting.
An actor's life is the shadow of a cloud, the echo of a sound, the memory of a dream, nothing come of nothing. The finest actor does not create, he is but a translator of another man's work.
Here's how I think of my money - as soldiers - I send them out to war everyday. I want them to take prisoners and come home, so there's more of them.
Five minutes later, we were rolling around on the helipad as he tried to muscle his way out of my armlock, after slamming me onto the helipad. “I finally realized the source of your mutual attraction,” Saiman said, his voice dry. I looked up. He was standing a few feet away. “Do enlighten us. ” Curran tried to roll into me to break the lock. Oh no you don’t. “You both think violence is foreplay.