I've grown certain that the root of all fear is that we've been forced to deny who we are.
If I could run like Mantle I'd hit. 400 every year!
Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.
People always told me that my natural ability and good eyesight were the reasons for my success as a hitter. They never talk about the practice, practice, practice.
I've found in life the more you practice, the better you get. If you want something enough and work hard to get it, your chances of success are greater.
It's a funny thing, but, as years go by, I think you appreciate more and more what a great thing it was to be a United States Marine. . . People will tell me what a shame it was I had to go back into the service a second time, but I'm kinda glad I did. . Besides, I am a U. S. Marine and I'll be one till I die.
No one has come up with a substitute for hard work.
I never met who I really wanted to meet, and that was Charlie Chaplin.
"Dost thou understand? I love thee!" he cried again. "What love!" said the unhappy girl with a shudder. He resumed,--"The love of a damned soul.
there are no old people in California. Nobody ever gets a chance to grow old there. The climate won't let you. The scenery won't let you. The life won't let you.
It is a tribute to the American people that our leaders perceived that they had to lie to us, it is not a tribute to us that we were so easily misled.