I kind of picked up the game at an early age. The way that other kids would learn what a fork or a spoon is.

That's the only reason I'm here. I don't need to play the game for any other reason than to win a championship.

You want hot days to get your fruit ripe but then you want it to cool off nicely at night so that the grapes stay on the vine longer and develop complexity.

I retire with a smile on my face, in good health, and ready to spend autumns at my kids' games instead of my own. I'm excited to start the next chapter of my life.

I had a great career and I enjoyed all of it, with the exception of losing.

I'm not fast. But there are a lot of guys that are a hell of a lot slower than I am. Somebody wants to do a pay-per-view race between me and [Tom] Brady, sign me up.

The amount of work and the amount of both physical and emotional investment it takes to get to the top.

I feel pretty good when I get out of bed in the morning. I don't feel all beat up, which is nice.

Playing in New England and the Boston area, the fans are so passionate about their sports if you don't play well, they'll let you know so I know it's not something that they take lightly.

We're phenomenally blessed in the Walla Walla Valley. We have great, complex soil that's nutrient-rich but fairly porous.

The positives of retiring outweighed the positives of returning and my desire to still play.

Truth is naturally universal...and shines into many different windows, though many are clouded.

Teach those only willing to listen and listen to those only willing to teach

Yeah, well I'm not aspiring to be the Prime Minister.

We are afraid that if we stop and really look at God in his Word, we might discover that he evokes greater awe and demands deeper worship than we are ready to give him.

While I was girl of the year and superstar and all that crap, everything I did was really...motivated by psychological disturbance.

I know that the podcast is typically something I can do forever, because it's mine; it's just me and my producer and business partner, so it's our business.

I don't have many superstitions, just dumb things I don't talk about. I will not sign an autograph with a green pen.

I don't believe in things literally for children. That's a reduction.

I also love the makers of South Park, because they're political, strong, and they're making all of these comments that would get you shot for if you did it in a drama.

I think independent filmmakers, documentary filmmakers - they are journalists.