I learned a lot from not having success, and realizing when you do have success, how hard it is to maintain it, and what you have to do to maintain it.

Work hard. And have patience. Because no matter who you are, you're going to get hurt in your career and you have to be patient to get through the injuries.

When you win, you want more of it. You can't win enough.

When I was younger and inexperienced, I was a very animated pitcher. I pitched with a lot of adrenaline. I was my own worst enemy when things weren't gong well.

When you can throw 97 miles an hour and put the ball over the plate anytime you want, it's fun.

I threw a lot of balls and walked a lot of batters. Not something I'm proud of, but something I learned from.

I expect to win. I've never been content with anything I've ever done.

The word 'potential' used to hang over me like a cloud.

Any time I've taken the mound, it's always been the old Samson-and-Goliath story written about me.

I'm tired of people questioning me because of my age. If you looked at my numbers and watched me throw and covered my birthdate, would age be an issue?

I've refined my mechanics, refined my pitches. I've gotten more confidence, and I've gotten more determination. I've got a better idea what I'm doing out there.

It’s been said that I have a problem admitting when I’m wrong. The main reason is because I never am.

If you don't keep track of great ideas, you'll stop noticing you have them.

It is not how fast a tree grows, but how well. It is not how big a fruit is, but how sweet.

Faced with our addiction to oil, what does our leadership say? Get more o

For Jack Kennedy, who only made campaigning LOOK easy, it was, in fact, anything but.

I love her and she loves me, and we hate each other with a wild hatred born of love.

It had been a perfect nap - the sort a man runs into now and again by chance.

A man whose eyes love opens risks his soul - His dancing breaks beyond the mind's control.

I love that Voltaire was so willing to shock his readers with arbitrary cruelty. And I can completely relate to it.

Nay, had I pow'r, I should Pour the sweet milk of concord into hell, Uproar the universal peace, confound All unity on earth.