Jim Bouton

“This is a game to be savored, not gulped.”

“I had aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach.”

“You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time.”

“A lot of people in baseball think that hitting is a gift. It is not. It is a skill that can be learned.”

“I have no trouble with the twelve inches between my elbow and my palm. It's the seven inches between my ears that's bent.”

“Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.”

“Forget goals. Value the process.”

“The less I'm in the game, the more I see of it.”

“We're all here for a spell, get all the good laughs you can.”

“Fear is the biggest reason for failure. You are afraid of making a mistake, so you don't take a chance.”

“I've always been a poor hater.”