Associate with those who help you believe in yourself.

I'll play out the string and leave baseball without a tear. A man can't play games his whole life.

If your not practicing, somebody else is, somewhere, and he'll be ready to take your job.

I'm a guy who just wanted to see his name in the lineup everyday. To me, baseball was a passion to the point of obsession.

Whether you want to or not, you do serve as a role model. People will always put more faith in baseball players than anyone else.

Fifty years from now I'll be just three inches of type in a record book.

This is my best time of the year (spring training). Heck, once the season starts, I go to work.

It's a pretty sure thing that the player's bat is what speaks loudest when it's contract time, but there are moments when the glove has the last word.

Pocahontas was the reason the Virginia colony didn't disappear, unlike some earlier attempts

I've always said when I broke in I was an average player. I had an average arm, average speed and definitely an average bat. I am still average in all of those.

Take time to thank everyone who has helped you along the way.

When you think about it, the Big Bang's a big like school, isn't

My friend...care for your psyche...know thyself, for once we know ourselves, we may learn how to care for ourselves" -Socrates

I may be dead inside, but I'm more than alive enough for you." He gripped her chin and covered her mouth with his.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases it will never pass into nothingness.

Guilt's a terrible thing.

Play is the production of fun; entertainment is the consumption of fun.

But for the first time, I had a religious identity. I had come home. And so I called myself a Zen Buddhist at the age of 18.

No freedom without renunciation.

You only get so many firsts, each one is a blessing.

The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.