And when I look back I recognize now that I indeed do come from a large family of artists. Whether they necessarily realize it or not.

I'm not afraid to swing the bat. If they elect to pitch to me, I'm going to swing. I'm not as picky as Mr. Sheffield. I'll swing at something over my head.

Kids today are looking for idols, but sometimes they look too far ... They don't have to look any farther than their home because those are the people that love you. They are the real heroes.

The ability to communicate with everybody, regardless of who are you are, is a great thing.

Colorblind racism is the new racial music most people dance to, the 'new racism' is subtle, institutionalized and seemingly nonracial.

For some reason in Spring Training, everything just clicked. You don't try to do anything in Spring Training but get ready, but things fell into place.

I had an opportunity with Baltimore to make it to the World Series, and that didn't happen.

This is what you work for, putting all the other crap that you hear aside. Just being able to participate in a World Series is pretty much everything. But you do want to win!

We have to have great pitching performances from our guys, and we have to take it from there.

We've got a lot of pressure going. This is for my Latin counterpart.

I don't have a no-trade clause. I figure someone is going to pick me up.

God is the source of all knowledge.

If I liked food and disliked exercise as much as a 400 pound guy, I'd be a 400 pound guy.

A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.

Any law can be changed, obviously, at any time.

Just as with the quartet, each part of a painting is telling a different story.

Line dancing is as sinful as any other type of dancing, with its sexual gestures and touching. It is an incitement to lust.

They say time is money but really it's not If we ever go broke, then time is all we got And we can't make that back, no you can't make that back

Some people, you know, should just go to college and do what they do and have a great job and not worry about trying to be famous as a singer. It's not for everyone.

Listen, everything I did in my childhood was competitive. Everything we did my dad made it into a game to win. We used to drive my mum nuts.

The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.