Having played in Boston will help me a ton moving to New York.

I'm still pinching myself. I am very grateful of the way things have gone.

I'm not out to prove anything to anybody.

I don't denounce being Canadian at any point, but I'm definitely proud to be an American.

Larry Walker paved the way for guys like me.

I tried hockey, but it never stuck.

I like to see a lot of pitches just to get a feel for being in the batter's box and seeing pitches.

Everyone says the best fans in baseball are here [in Boston] and I can't wait to be a part of that.

I can do a little bit of everything, I'd like to think.

Before, baseball was something to do to get ready for the hockey season. Now, people look to play baseball, period. It's something you stick with.

It really tests you as a person as far as whether you can handle failure.

Ego doesn't want us to be loving, forgiving and kind to each other or even to ourselves.

We all have faced fearful times.

We go from curiosity to a search for communion.

After years of operating in a top-down manner that emphasizes control and conformance, organizations are rife with obstacles to bottom-up ideas that front-line staff are forced to overcome.

Heaven from all creatures hides the book of Fate.

Religion is as healthy and normal as life itself.

Robespierre, this pedant of freedom!

Men who are addicted to the passions are like the torch-carrier running against the wind; his hands are sure to be burned.

One of the joys of reading is the ability to plug into the shared wisdom of mankind.

Your thought is the parent that gives birth to all things.