I expect to win. I've never been content with anything I've ever done.

Work hard. And have patience. Because no matter who you are, you're going to get hurt in your career and you have to be patient to get through the injuries.

When you win, you want more of it. You can't win enough.

When I was younger and inexperienced, I was a very animated pitcher. I pitched with a lot of adrenaline. I was my own worst enemy when things weren't gong well.

When you can throw 97 miles an hour and put the ball over the plate anytime you want, it's fun.

I threw a lot of balls and walked a lot of batters. Not something I'm proud of, but something I learned from.

The word 'potential' used to hang over me like a cloud.

Any time I've taken the mound, it's always been the old Samson-and-Goliath story written about me.

I'm tired of people questioning me because of my age. If you looked at my numbers and watched me throw and covered my birthdate, would age be an issue?

I've refined my mechanics, refined my pitches. I've gotten more confidence, and I've gotten more determination. I've got a better idea what I'm doing out there.

Nolan Ryan helped me with baseball, and my dad passing away gave me a bigger heart.

In selecting men for office, let principle be your guide. Regard not the particular sect or denomination of the candidate - look to his character.

Lovely high ceilings, ' I said. 'If you were very tall, you'd feel quite comfortable in here.

He blesses us so we can be different.

The blessing begins at home.

I think everything I write is from an atheist perspective. I mean, it's partly from an atheist perspective because I'm an atheist, and I'm just not really interested in religious-based questions.

Brain cancer has a latency in the population of 40 years.

High School is like a spork: it's a crappy spoon and a crappy fork, so in the end it's just plain useless.

But sooner or later, no matter who you are, life uses everyone as its whipping boy.

America's support for human rights and democracy is our noblest export to the world.

I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.