I don' really care what people think. I don't really have to prove anything to anybody. I just have to prove stuff to my teammates.

I just show up to the yard, work hard, and play as hard as I can.

People always ask me if I wish I were bigger. I tell them no. I always wanted to be a miniature badass.

I'm going to go out there and be who I am, and if you don't like it, then watch somebody else.

Next year I want to be better than this season, and the year after that, better than the year before.

I put the blinders on and just work as hard as I can, and hopefully I'll just continue to be a better player.

I just try to see the ball and hit it. If I get a hit, I get a hit. If I get out, I get out. There's no secret about it.

I don't like losing at anything. Why should I?

I go out and break my leg next year and can't play ever again, I got 40 million dollars. Nothing's guaranteed in this world, except that 40 million dollars.

Just because somebody swings one way and I swing another way doesn't mean he's better than me or I'm better than him ... Does my swing get hits? Yes.

I hang in there all the time. I'm not afraid to be taken out. I think that's the biggest thing to do-just stay in there on the double play.

You should write because you love the shape of stories and sentences and the creation of different words on a page. Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write.

I think falling in love is like discovering the magic of books. You think to yourself, 'how was I living before this?

You think football builds character. It does not. It reveals character.

David Ortiz is a genius. He's incredible to watch. Over and over, he hits home runs that are simply transcendent.

I'm chasing perfection.

I'm German, after all.

Science coverage could be improved by the recognition that science is timeless, and therefore science stories should not need to be pegged to an item in the news.

Ye need her as she needs ye....and Inuyasha...DO NOT FORGET WHERE YE BURIED ME!

She eventually forgave him, because she understood him.

A samurai will use a toothpick even though he has not eaten. Inside the skin of a dog, outside the hide of a tiger.