In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others.
Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.
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.
Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.
Winners never quit and quitters never win.
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.
Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.
You can't win unless you learn how to lose.