Born on August 14th

"In the field of mindfulness & peace, be present in this breath, for it is the only moment where life is actually happening."

"Peace is not the silence of the storm, but the calm center you maintain within yourself. As a creative innovator, this is the foundational truth I have observed."

"Let go of the weight of yesterday, and receive the clear canvas of this present day."

"The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act."

"The cure for sorrow is to learn something."

"When you start using senses you've neglected, your reward is to see the world with completely fresh eyes."

"Doing is a quantum leap from imagining."

"You don't have to get it right the first time."

"Real obstacles don't take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze."

"And our dreams are who we are."

"You can learn new things at any time in your life if you're willing to be a beginner. If you actually learn to like being a beginner, the whole world opens up to you."

"We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music."

"Every single one of us can do things that no one else can do - can love things that no one else can love. We are like violins. We can be used for doorstops, or we can make music. You know what to do."

"It's essential to distinguish between events that are really beyond your control and events you caused yourself."

"You must go after your wish. As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning."

"Change is not only likely, it's inevitable."

"Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren't."

"When you play it too safe, you're taking the biggest risk of your life. Time is the only wealth we're given."

"Resentment is weak and lowers your self-esteem."

"Isolation is a dream killer."

"Momentum? Momentum is the next day's starting pitcher."

"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and five the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all."

"The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers."

"On my tombstone just write, 'The sorest loser that ever lived.'"

"This ain't a football game, we do this every day."

"When you play for one run, that's usually all you get. I have nothing against the bunt in its place, but most of the time, that place is in the bottom of a long-forgotten closet."

"People always make a lot about how I don't carry grudges. That's my religious upbringing. I went nine years without missing Sunday school. Lutheran. I can't live with hatred inside of me. That's what I learned. I ain't scared of dying, either."

"I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else."

"A winning player is nothing more than a player on a winning team. A losing player is a guy who played on a losing team that year."

"Nobody likes to hear it, because it's dull, but the reason you win or lose is darn near always the same - pitching."