I don't know if people know how hard it is to get a hit or how hard it is to field a ground ball. It's an easy game in principal, but to actually execute the game it's very difficult.

I think it's awesome. I miss it so much. That ocean has something on me.

Playing third base, you rarely have time to get into a great fielding position. It's all about reaction.

I hope I can always be counted on to get a hit or get a guy in-to be an even keel in the lineup.

I love a hard-hit ball, a diving-play situation where you realize afterward there was no thinking involved. It was 100 percent reaction.

The College World Series, that's the end-all deal as a college player. To get a chance to play in the World Series and win it, that was surreal.

I've always been counted out. I've always had people believing I didn't belong. I think that has made me work a little harder.

I'm not worrying about my mechanics-and that's a fun feeling. It's nice to be confident and not worry about where my hands and feet are.

If I go 500 at-bats and hit 10 home runs, then something's wrong.

Ignorance is the only possible happiness this world has to offer

The older I get, the less I know. It's wonderful--it makes the world so spacious.

I'm at an age where my back goes out more than I do.

It's so sad: anything that has to do with God, people want to dispel.

Sometimes, if I had until the next day to turn the story in, I'd head home, finding that the knot in the narrative came loose with the rhythmic clacking of the subway train.

Unfounded fears about your competence and abilities can cripple your unique talents and gifts, which are waiting to be released.

I think that any important educational goal can be realized via several routes.

I could ride away and hide away Where we were miles apart But when I got there I'd find you there Right in my heart

There never was a war that was not inward; I must fight till I have conquered in myself what causes war.

I wouldn't be bothered if we lost every game, as long as we won the league.