I just write mechanical things.

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'm OK being the veteran, but I'm still just a kid.

The act of putting pen to paper encourages pause for thought, this in turn makes us think more deeply about life, which helps us regain our equilibrium.

Linnaeus and Cuvier have been my two gods, though in very different ways, but they were mere schoolboys to old Aristotle.

We have the greatest hospitals, doctors, and medical technology in the world - we need to make them accessible to every American.

I got by as a musician since day one. I don't live beyond my means. I have real cheap tastes.

I don't really like New York better than Portland. It's just a different place.

A love relationship has always been shaped by the context and times we live in.

In the second and third exiles we have served as a living protest against greed and hate, against physical force, against "might makes right"!

The bad things don't seem to happen to bad people.' That's because they already did. There's no original evil left in the world.

... outsiders are way more likely to approach your organization with fabulous projects if they think they're likely to both get a good reception and succeed when they get to market.

To ... not prepare is the greatest of crimes; to be prepared beforehand for any contingency is the greatest of virtues.