I love taking hits away from guys and seeing their reaction.

Every year I try to make adjustments and learn.

You play for the team, you don't play for the fans.

I know what my job is. I know what I've got to do. I've got to keep getting better.

My dad taught me how to play. He was a great amateur player in Curacao.

My focus is to stay up the middle. If I'm a little early I'll hit it to left, if I'm a little late, I'll hit it to right.

Injuries are injuries, everybody has them. You play with it. I don't make excuses.

I just have to prove to myself, I don't have to prove to fans.

People think the leadoff spot is a big deal. I tell people you're going to lead off the first inning, and after that, you can be a No. 4 hitter or No. 3 hitter.

I just go out there and try to help my teammates any way I can. They are on me a lot to be in the lineup and do stuff for the team, but sometimes it's just...frustrating.

I want to be more consistent. I wanna get hits. I wanna get my average back up where people think I can hit.

There are mystical, unbreakable bonds between all members of the natural world including humans and animals. Whether or not we remember or acknowledge this relatedness, it still exists.

Doubt can motivate you, so don't be afraid of it. Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need both. They balance each other out.

Carson is an old family name, though my grandma used to watch Johnny all the time and was crazy about him.

The ingenuity of self-deception is inexhaustible.

The myth of fascist efficiency has deluded many people.

We need to make sure our activities and our attitudes line up with what pleases God first and foremost. Wherever we focus our attention the most will become the driving force in our lives.

[Moses] probably said to himself, 'Must stop or I shall be getting silly.' That is why there are only ten commandments.

Every acting gig isn't the same, every writing job isn't the same, every live performance isn't the same - the challenge is the level of difficulty or ease, and that may vary.

You cannot change what has already happened. You can always change the way you respond.

Obscenity is not a quality inherent in a book or picture, but is solely and exclusively a contribution of the reading mind, and hence cannot be defined in terms of the qualities of a book or picture.