The ballplayer who loses his head, and who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all.

I knew of like - I remember, for most of my life, I grew up, and "Knight Rider" was, you know - David Hasselhoff was a Dutch character in my world.

Living with my mom, I saw how she used language to cross boundaries, handle situations, navigate the world.

Smaller incidents in my life made me realize that language, even more than color, defines who you are to people.

I think all of us should seek help, and not help is in a - you know, help shouldn't be seen as a frightening thing. Help shouldn't be seen as a weak thing.

What the apartheid system was really good at doing was convincing groups to hate one another.

Language and accents govern so much of how people think about other people.

I became a chameleon. My color didn't change. But I could change your perception of my color.

I know that I cannot change the entire world, but I've always believed I can at least affect change in my world.

It's a pretty big shadow. It gives me lots of room to spread myself.

When you have a wonderful mother-in-law who takes sides with you in squabbles with her own daughter - that's something.

When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so you can have an education and build your body - it's a blessing.

The Babe is one fellow, and I'm another and I could never be exactly like him. I don't try, I just go on as I am in my own right.

There is no room in baseball for discrimination. It is our national pastime and a game for all.

When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed - that's the finest I know.

I might have had a tough break, but I have an awful lot to live for.

Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about a bad break I got. Yet today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.

The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all.

You don t get the breaks unless you play with the team instead of against it.