I don't think there's any way you can worry about how many errors or how many bad plays you've made. You can get into a fielding funk just as quick as you can hitting.

You've got to set high standards for yourself.

I've heard about my size all my life. It makes you work that much harder. It's gratifying to prove them wrong.

When you're getting $2,000 a month in the minors, it's hard not to eat Taco Bell every day.

You can't listen to what people say about you. If you do, you're never going to get anywhere in life.

I've had to work for everything I have, and I'm not going to stop. The minute I feel I've made it, I'm done.

All I know is that when I come to the ballpark I'm going to be on time and give 100 percent. I know that I have to do that to keep my job.

What's there to be nervous about? You just go out and play the game.

I've seen plenty of ballplayers way better than me, but they didn't have the work ethic. It comes down to how bad you want it.

Pressure is only what you make of it and what you put on yourself.

I like to have fun, and the only way to have fun is to win.

The hope of hardships!

Sometimes the darkness finds us, that will always be inevitable. If one chooses to manifest such feelings creatively, then it really isn't darkness at all.

Whether you live in a city or a small town, and whether you drive a car, take the bus or ride a train, at some point in the day, everyone is a pedestrian.

The joy of giving is indeed a pleasure, especially when you get rid of something you don't want.

Some of the ideas that come from the fringe of the far right are just so implausible that it is hard to take those ideas seriously.

Here I am, safely returned over those peaks from a journey far more beautiful and strange than anything I had hoped for or imagined - how is it that this safe return brings such regret?

There!" Apollo pointed. "Long Island, dead ahead. Let's slow down, dear. 'Dead' is only an expression.

There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.

My hope of the future lies in the youths of character, intelligent, renouncing all for the service of others, and obedient - good to themselves and the country at large

The opportunity to be a storyteller is the greatest thing in the world, and I feel so lucky and really love it.