I don't just want to play in the playoffs. I want to win the World Series.

In this lineup, anywhere I hit, I don't care. I always go out there and swing the bat the same way.

You never stop learning. You learn something new every day.

I wish to improve my power, but not in a home run way.

2010 was my best season so far but I think I can get better at everything.

I am a better hitter with runners in scoring position.

My dad is my hitting coach. When I need help, I go to him.

I couldn't believe I hit .342. I hit .333 one month in Triple-A. Otherwise, I hit .279 in the minor leagues. I'm proud of myself.

I want to hit line droves. I want to hit my doubles, my singles, get on base.

I became addicted to the guilt. The strange thrill of doing something so morbid, so off-color, and so completely wrong.

In every out-thrust headland in every curving beach in every grain of sand there is the story of the earth.

I have 'Happy Birthday' in multiple languages on my iPod - I like to play it at company birthday parties.

An odd phrase, "by heart," he would add, as though poems were stored in the bloodstream.

I do not believe that I am now dreaming, but I cannot prove that I am not. I am, however, quite certain that I am having certain experiences, whether they be those of a dream or those of waking life.

I think one of the sexiest things a couple can share is laughing.

I play damaged people a lot. I'm a Cancer. And I say that tongue and cheek, but I wear my heart on my sleeve. I'm a very emotional woman.

Our condition never satisfies us; the present is always the worst. Though Jupiter should grant his request to each, we should continue to importune him.

The scholars of Ireland seem not to have the least conception of style, but run on in a flat phraseology, often mingled with barbarous terms.

My career is going to be played out year by year. Will I be here in 2004? I don't know. The record won't keep me here. Happiness will.