Stealing bases was put to me almost as a prerequisite for staying in the game. They didn't give me a handbook on how to do it; they said do it. Under those conditions you go out and develop your own handbook.

Those who try to achieve success without hard work ultimately deceive themselves-or worse-deceive others.

I'd rather invest in an entrepreneur who has failed before than one who assumes success from day one.

People respect you because they feel you've survived hard times and endured, and although you've become famous, you haven't become phony.

Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.

America has believed that in differentiation, not in uniformity, lies the path of progress. It acted on this belief; it has advanced human happiness, and it has prospered.