"The longest lives are short; our work lasts longer."

“I love New York. I love to come here, to play here, the tradition here. I'll never forget my first home run here was over Mickey Mantle's head.”

“Honor your humanness and all of your feelings - the messy ones, the growing pains, the ache - because we can't have the dark without the light.”

“When I used to gamble, I looked for players with head covers on their irons. Those guys I could beat.”

“I didn't go to the lectures. My valet, who was more distinguished than I, went instead.”

Source : Witold Gombrowicz, Dominique de Roux (1973). “A kind of testament”, Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd

“My will to live completely overcame my desire to win”

Source : "The Joy of Six: great Olympians" by Andy Bull, www.theguardian.com. August 07, 2008.

“Most libertarians are worried about government but not worried about business. I think we need to be worrying about business in exactly the same way we are worrying about government.”

“Learn to play the piano, man, and then you can figure out crazy solos of your own.”

“To fully appreciate the music, you have to see the misery.”

Source : Source: www.cbsnews.com