I have to get better, but I can't change the way I play.

I'm not perfect. Nobody's perfect. But I love baseball and I love to play hard.

When you go to home plate with a lot of confidence, you feel that you can hit any pitch.

I don't like to play slow or softly. I like to play hard. Always.

I'm confident, but not so confident that I'm cocky.

I work hard on my defense. It's something I take pride in, but it's nothing that I want to brag about. It's part of my game.

I want to be consistent from the first day of the season to the last.

I'm not a rookie anymore-no more excuses about being young.

I love hitting-that's my favorite part of the game.

I'm an immigrant myself. I'd probably support it, but I can't do much.

2004 has to be my year. No more excuses.

These woods are as empty as you think, he had said. You cannot know what the light might summon from the darkness.

Embrace the possibility of a fulfilled dream.

We all have our secrets

Every life is many days day after day. We walk through ourselves meeting robbers ghosts giants old men young men wives widows brothers-in-love. But always meeting ourselves.

The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in men; cries out for universal brotherhood; for the unity of us all.

The success of the '86 movie with Brandon Lee demanded some kind of continuation. Plus, I had always contemplated a modern version.

I am totally against the war but violence is part of mankind and it's going to happen, but as musicians I think we've got to step up and say 'come on'.

I was twenty-one when I was hired by Planned Parenthood. It was my first work experience outside of either temping or working for my father at his store.

I don't claim anything of the work. It is his work. I am like a little pencil in his hand. That is all. He does the thinking. He does the writing. The pencil has nothing to do with it.

I have no regrets. I've got my health.