“I had a long conversation with Steve Carlton. He told me that on the d...” — Randy Johnson Quote

“I had a long conversation with Steve Carlton. He told me that on the days he pitched, he felt it was his responsibility to make everyone around him better, to lift his teammates. That's what I try to do.”

“I listened to all types of music, and obviously when I got to Seattle I was very much aware of the music scene there.”

“Tiger Woods, Larry Bird, Wayne Gretzky, a pitcher just before a game, I would imagine they all have nervous energy. But as you perform, the nervous energy dissipates and you start to relax and you start to do what you do best.”

“When you have a nonverbal conversation with a total stranger, then he can't cover himself with words, he can't create a wall.”

“The whole being-in-a-room interview thing, at a junket or a film festival, is very inhuman. You meet the person, have five or 10 minutes to talk, and it's not like a conversation.”

“The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered, but a general effect of pleasing impression.”