I didn't know if I could make it to the big leagues without going through Triple-A.

When you think positive, good things happen.

I don't do stuff to be a star. I do it because I feel it's important for kids, African American kids, to see an African American face that plays baseball.

One of the things I've done is tell myself I can't let bad things that happen to me on the field, off the field, whatever, affect me.

I don't think some athletes understand how big it is to be an athlete, what they can do with just a simple gesture of shaking a kid's hand. It can make a fan's day. It can make a fan's life.

I've pretty much grown up to hide my emotions for the most part.

Racism is kinda old. For real.

If I could do it over, I'd want to come up to the big leagues like Mike Trout. He's exciting and I like watching him.

I'm pretty sure that China is way bigger than the Dominican.

I never want to sit out. I want to play baseball games.

I love L.A., but you can get into a lot of trouble out here.

If you have an imagination, welcome to the gates of Reality.

All people are lonely in some ways. Some people are lonely in all ways."Now, Voyager" - Movie, 1942.

Heroes get kingdoms and princesses, and they take regular exercise, and when they smile the light glints off their teeth, ting

There are some scenes that work beautifully in a moving, sweeping master, which is how I like to work.

Henceforth, language studies were no longer directed merely towards correcting grammar.

My dream is that all South Africans from all walks of life will have the opportunity to read my books and use the information therein to successfully invest in property

When you start with next to nothing, all you've got is a lot of thought, a lot of innovation, figuring new ways to do things without using a lot of money.

The funny thing is that I'm not a planner. I have no idea what I want to do in the interim of that 50 years, but I tell ya: That's where you'll find me in my last performance.

The law cannot forgive, for the law has not been wronged, only broken; only persons can be wronged. The law can pardon, but it can only pardon what it has the power to punish.

Truly conservative actions arise from intelligent hypotheses, correct facts and sound reasoning.