Alex Quotes

With what has occurred in my life, the baseball field is where I feel most comfortable. That's what I feel I was born to do and it's what I do best.

You can take my cars or my house, just don't mess with my clothes.

I kept thinking my father would come back, But he never did.

You must be present to win.

When you think small and up the middle, good things happen.

We have a responsibility not just as atheletes, but as members of society to treat people well. To do things the right way.

I've done a lot of growing up and realized a lot of things.

Well, Milwaukee is a special place to me. It's where I started my career playing in Appleton. Getting cheered on the road is something I haven't been use to.

If my life depended on it - if my daughter's life depended on it - I'd want Mariano Rivera closing. Wouldn't you?

I just don't see the light. Where is the light? What am I in this for?

People now are beginning to cheer for me. I've never heard that before. .. Maybe things are turning a bit.

I don't care if people like me or not. Respect is more important.

I like to score and drive in runs more than pay attention to batting average.

I’m fighting for my life, I have to defend myself. If I don’t defend myself, no one else will.

I think it's just getting comfortable in New York City, comfortable in your own skin.

I want to be known as a good major-leaguer, and good major-leaguers work to become good.

Back then it was a different culture. It was very loose. I was young. I was stupid.

It's tougher when you're established. Before, I'd see 13, 14, 15 pitches that I could drive in a game. Now, I see one, two or three, so I have to be better.

Not one day goes by when I don't remind myself of how grateful I am for those who came before me over the last 25 years. When I see players like Mike Schmidt and Johnny Bench, I thank them.

There's no place like New York. And I found out that until you go through it for a season, you really don't know it.

I've never experienced- besides the birth of my two daughters-the feeling of winning a world championship in New York in the new stadium. It's something I'll never forget.

I've learned in my career, it is much better to be recognized for all the great things you do on the field.

I know! It means when two boys are really happy ‘cause they love each other.” She laughed. He wasn’t certain whether to laugh along with her—or cry.

How is love between two people a sin? Love isn't about gender; it's about two souls uniting.

We almost don't want to play bigger shows than where we are now. It's kind of perfect.

When I'm on a stage, I don't feel like this dude who's sitting here drinking Amstel Lights. I'm trying to temporarily become something else that can deliver a feeling.

The shows are the main way our lives have changed.

The word is like an object - we were thinking "bloom," "doom." It encapsulated tons: the bloom, the end of the bloom, and then coming back the next year.

Art is what gets communicated at a live show, which is why live shows are so amazing. To communicate in a different way is a mixed message. It devalues everything.

A lot of people listening to music now don't listen to the songs or lyrics at all. They just go, "Good tones..." and that's it.

There's too much emphasis on backstory and personal stuff in music now - it's not going to make the music better if I hear that you did karate for the six months leading up to it.

It's really boring to talk about what you ate and have 48,000 fans listen to you. It's awful.

All bands are in danger of losing their identity. Constantly.

Sometimes, for bands, everything just happens too fast.

I don't think it's inherently wrong when bands do certain things - sometimes I'm really excited when I see a band has taken a big ad or sync.

It's the most dangerous world for bands nowadays because everybody's branding and trying to steal your vibe as soon as you do anything that anyone cares about. It's very weird.

We do say no to a lot, but we also say yes; I find ways of coming to peace with certain things. Sometimes a writer or actor will reach out and make it very personal.

Artists have to survive.

I feel really comfortable playing to people who've never heard Beach House before. We've always had fun opening because you get to try to impress people.

I am no coward sir! I shall stand and fight!" "Well, I am," said Sal. "So can we go... please?

People don't win because they're physically stronger. It's because they're stronger between the ears.

I'm "crushable." That was the craziest thing. They called me "crushable" on some website.

From the beauty they deserve will come the love they deserve. And from the love will follow truth.

No golfers journey is complete without a pilgrimage to St. Andrews, the mecca of the game. This is where it all began, back in the 15th and 16th centuries.

In my travels, I have encountered cranes on three continents.

I want the cabinet to stand up and have a spine and a backbone and take responsibility.

I'm a big genre fan. I'm a big science fiction nerd and horror film nerd. I'm obsessed with Pam Grier. I wanted to be her for all of my teenage years.

First of all, on a cinematic [level], the film answer to that is that Roger Corman was creatively responsible for a lot of cinema history.

I shot a lot of stuff that no one will ever see. That was my student work. What also happened was there was a big jump in technology.

By looking at climate change as a clean energy generation problem, we're setting ourselves up not to solve it.