I hadn't focused on mechanics since I signed professionally.

Some people pray to a totem pole, some people pray to a sun, some people pray to a god. It all works for them. It all comes back to what you think.

I'm so secure in myself I couldn't care less what people think of me.

The outfield is solid, so is the catching and the infield.

Big league defense is going to get outs most times.

Meyer and I have a bit in common because we're both left-handed. I think it's great that he seeks out that advice because he's not too "cool" or too uncomfortable to ask for it.

I do look forward to keeping in touch with the guys because we'll always be connected in people's minds.

It's not like I'm some kind of veteran and there is this huge age gap. I identify with them more off the field. I need to set an example, which is great, and I look forward to doing just that.

When someone becomes successful or rich and famous, people perceive that person as being different. But I'm the same guy I've always been.

I was this 5-7 pudgy kid in high school... I wasn't a popular kid. I was an outcast.

I just write mechanical things.

Never entertain anger. Great people do not become angry over unnecessary issues.

Zander, you're getting me all wet and gooey, " she squealed.He laughed again as he plopped her on the bed. "And I've just started.

As I have discovered again and again, things are never as bad (or as good) as they seem at the time.

A father's and a mother's age must be borne in mind; with joy on the one hand, fear on the other.

After all, it is an ancient and valuable right of the English people to turn their nouns into verbs when they are so minded.

The element of change has been the thing, really. We put out the first one, then the second... then a third LP totally different from them. It's the reason we were able to keep it together.

My hardcover sales are 17% down in books but up 400% in electronics.

If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking.

I'm not vain, I'm insecure.