Ernie Harwell

It's time to say goodbye, but I think goodbyes are sad and I'd much rather say hello. Hello to a new adventure.

I've found that if you wear a beret, people think you're either a cabdriver or a producer of dirty movies.

I praise the Lord here today. I know that all my talent and all my ability comes from him, and without him I'm nothing and I thank him for his great blessing.

I have a great faith in God and Jesus.

I just have faith. It's just there. It's not any big deal.

Baseball is a rookie, his experience no bigger than the lump in his throat as he begins fulfillment of his dream.

I have great faith that Heaven's there and I'll see my brothers and my mom and dad when I get there.

Baseball is the president tossing out the first ball of the season. And a scrubby schoolboy playing catch with his dad on a Mississippi farm.

Baseball just a came as simple as a ball and bat. Yet, as complex as the American spirit it symbolizes. A sport, a business and sometimes almost even a religion.