I had a great year and left my guts out on the field.

I'm a terrible singer. I feel lucky to play baseball. You can't be gifted in everything.

Enjoy your sweat because hard work doesn't guarantee success, but without it you don't have a chance.

Always follow your dreams, don't let anyone tell you that you can't be something.

Be respectful. Treat people the way you want to be treated. Respect the lowest rank and the highest rank and you'll never get in trouble.

Fear of failure is what fuels me, keeps me on edge and sharp. I'm not as good when I'm comfortable.

I believe a champion wins in his mind first, then plays the game, not the other way around.

I want to be known as Dominican-that's what I am, 100 percent ... I have a duty and responsibility to continue the legacy of Dominicans in baseball.

There is a difference between image and reputation. Image is nice. Reputation is developed over an entire career. Reputation is what I'm searching for.

You can have fun, respect the game and also play it hard. When you have that combination, you're going to put yourself in a position to be successful.

Some things are meant to be and if it was, you will know it.

As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.

I'm not a stranger, " I said, and pointed to his book. "I'm someone who reads the same authors you do.

In Paris, everything was fixable for the right price.

A shot that goes in the cup is pure luck, but a shot to within two feet of the flag is skill.

When in doubt, grab power.

He who has wealth has friends and relations; he alone survives and is respected as a man.

Some of the secret joys of living are not found by rushing from point A to point B, but by inventing some imaginary letters along the way.

As an actor, demonstrating your feelings in front of people is not what you're supposed to be doing. You're supposed to hold your emotions and control them, and not show them all over the place.

If you want to live a memorable life, you have to be the kind of person who remembers to remember.

We have yet to beat our drums for birth control in the way we beat them for polio vaccine. We are still unable to put babies in the class of dangerous epidemics, even though this is the exact truth.