I feel like I am more deserving than last year. It definitely feels good just to be on the team.

We won't let history define our future. Our actions will do the talking. Our determination will turn doubters into believers.

We focus on what we do right, we learn from what we did wrong, we move onto the next day that's what prepares us, that's what makes us strong?

In order to be better, you should expect to be better.

Life doesn't always go the way you planned it to go. Sometimes you have detours you have to take.

The good thing about this game? There's always tomorrow.

I don't really look at myself as a power hitter. I look at myself as someone who drives the ball to the gaps, hits line drives.

Before I point a finger at anyone, I have to point it at myself first.

Honestly, I don't think I'm doing anything any different right now. You swing, and the ball finds a hole. That's it. That's the game of baseball.

One thing I always remember: Frustration is built by unmet expectations.

We all have an expectancy of something, but who's to say it always goes that way? Nine times out of 10, life never goes that way.

There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.

...some things are better left in the past. And true things are destined to repeat themselves.

I never ask perception about me to anyone but mirror, it never lies.

Plan, prepare and grow. Repeat.

People in so many countries look up to the United States as a model of democracy, but I doubt if that can continue. It leaves me with a great sense of loss.

Your destiny is my destiny. Your happiness is my happiness.

My mom and I are like sisters. We kind of grew up together. She always treated me as an adult. I never had curfew. She's a workaholic, like I am. We're not super family-oriented people, you know?

People never leave, we are always here in our past and future lives.

The supreme morality of art is to endure.

I can't think of any sentiment which is finer than being in a position to give people something they like. I love giving, I am rather embarrassed at receiving.