"The phrase 'off with the crack of the bat', while romantic, is really meaningless, since the outfielder should be in motion long before he hears the sound of the ball meeting the bat."

"A ball player has to be kept hungry to become a big leaguer. That's why no boy from a rich family has ever made the big leagues."

"A quiet mind perceives the subtle truths that noisy ambitions constantly drown out. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"When ambition meets humility, we find that a mind at peace can weather any storm."

"Film is an emotional medium; it's not a logical medium. It's not an intellectual medium, so every decision you make as a filmmaker and an actor has to be emotional in some way, even in the rejection of logic."

"Men exist for the sake of one another."