What is life, after all, but a challenge? And what better challenge can there be than the one between the pitcher and the hitter. Warren Spahn
Twenty games is the magic figure for pitchers - .300 is the magic figures for batters. It pays off in salary and reputation. And those are the two things that keep a ballplayer in business. Warren Spahn
A sore arm is like a headache or a toothache. It can make you feel bad, but if you just forget about it and do what you have to do, it will go away. If you really like to pitch and you want to pitch, that's what you'll do. Warren Spahn
You always say 'I'll quit when I start to slide', and then one morning you wake up and realize you've done slid. Sugar Ray Robinson
A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying. John Burroughs
Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years. John Burroughs
Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral. John Burroughs
I never want to quit playing ball. They'll have to cut this uniform off of me to get me out of it. Roy Campanella
