I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win.

You can't win unless you learn how to lose.

Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is.

People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.

Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.

Sports do not build character. They reveal it.

Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.

The two most important things in life are good friends and a strong bullpen.

Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.

Winners never quit and quitters never win.