For me personally it doesn't matter who is the manager, I'm going to go out there and play for the manager, and play for this uniform as a team.

Why tone down my aggressiveness? When I do, I get in trouble.

You are recognized by your bat. If you are the best hitting shortstop out there, that's how you win a Gold Glove. That's the way it is. It shouldn't be-it's a defensive award.

You have to believe in yourself every day.

No, I'm not the prototypical leadoff man. I'm not the prototypical anything. I just try to be the prototypical Jimmy Rollins.

Hustle is just playing the game right.

Even when I'm nervous, I think I'm able to turn that nervous energy into strength.

Physical ability only goes so far. You have to work hard the rest of the way.

My role is to set everything in motion.

I planned on being successful ever since I was young. To me, this is nothing to be surprised about.

Passiveness affects everything. It affects you on the bases and on defense. It affects your thinking. I can't be passive.

The meaning of life is that it stops.

Having had five husbands, I guess I should know a thing or two about marriage.

I'd rather be a success as a fish than a failure as a fish trying to be a bird.

Words themselves were the ultimate barrier to revelation.

The Bears are front-runners. Quitters. They are not a second-half team, just a bunch of cry-babies.

By the first week of shooting, you know exactly where your film is heading based on the psychology of your director.

Every time you make a decision, you mess with someone's life.

Vortices of pure energy can exist and, if my theories are right, can compose the bodily form of an intelligent species.

The media is something that affects a lot of people, so you're constantly trying to strike a balance between respecting something and not caring about it.