Quotes about "Retirement & Later Life"

The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets. ”

What motivated me? My mother. My mother was an immigrant woman, a peasant woman, struggled all her life, worked in the garment center. ”

I look at this as a second life. Every game feels like an event. Every pitch matters. I need that. It elevates your aggressiveness. ”

What gets me upset about with the newer players is their lack of intensity. They tend to go through the motions a little bit. They don't understand that you've got to practice the way you play. ”

One reason outfielders don't have stronger arms might be they don't practice as much as we did. Most teams today don't take outfield practice. Another reason is baseball has to compete with other sports now - basketball, football, soccer - for the better athletes that might have more skills and stronger arms. ”

I've seen 48 Stanley Cups in my life. I was about six or seven when I started going to games with my dad. ”

This administration affects the everyday life of the common person. ”

Art is commenting on what's going on around you in your life. ”

What I try to get beyond is playing music at people and, instead, to play music with people because audience members are constantly part of the experience. What they say in their body language, what they say in their eyes, what they sing with me... it's an 'us,' and there's a communication that's like... it's like church, man. ”

I can't imagine a more ideal life. ”