Hitting at the top of the order is a good thing. You get more at-bats. I'm excited to see how this develops.

I know it sounds stupid and cliche, but I just want to get better. I want to keep improving.

I've always been taught to play the game hard. Baseball is such a tough game, it really humbles you at times, you just have to try not to get too high or too low.

I figured out that there are occasions where you have to get pumped up and take charge, situations where you have to have fun and situations where you need to settle down.

I never want to look in the mirror and say, 'What if? What if I had run harder? What if I had dived for that groundball?'

I'm definitely not the most graceful person out there. I've always been taught to play hard. I don't know how not to play hard. But for some guys it just looks easier. For me, it's not that natural.

I’ve talked to guys who have played for the Phillies and gone on to other organizations and the grass isn’t always greener on the other side.

I don't really like the spotlight.

You're going to bat so many times during a season and it's not worth getting mad about. I still get frustrated, but I try not to let the other team know that.

It's pretty self-explanatory. If we play well, we know what our picture is. If we don't play well, we'll know what our picture is.

I didn't go up to the plate thinking, 'OK, my goal now is to get a hit'-I tried not to think about [the streak].

Americans should tremble before suggesting that any fellow citizen lacks patriotism.

Every soul confined in a prison of sin, guilt, or perversion has a key to the gate. The key is labeled “repentance.” If you know how to use this key, the adversary cannot hold you.

Being confident in your own skin is very sexy. I think when you have fun and are yourself that is sexy too.

Seeing through glamour is easy. It's people that are hard.

One could argue that there exist certain questions that are best left unanswered.

Without the ice, the earth will fall

To be popular I must be mediocre.

I didn't miss out on a family life because of racing. I had one because of it.

Although there is a sense in which the camera does indeed capture reality, not just interpret it, photographs are as much an interpretation of the world as paintings and drawings are

Art is an investigation.