I'm always alright, as long as I've got [a bat].

If you can stay back, you can wait an extra split-second longer, and then you become more relaxed, and that's when you gain confidence.

I love Minnesota, and I'd love to play my whole career here.

You've got to hit 30 before you hit 40.

I don't really set personal goals for home runs or anything like that. However many I hit, I hit. If I'm making consistent contact and hitting the ball hard, then I will hit home runs.

I believe I'm a middle-of-the-order hitter capable of driving in runs. If I stay healthy, I'll get back to that level.

A first-place team? You're always excited to become a part of that.

Living by faith, living by hope.

It's not darkness that turns off the lights in your life, it's your sadness that does it.

Great leaders create memorable journeys

There's no way I can compete with someone who can write rap or rock and roll. Nor do I wish to. But I've always kept up to date with music changes. I worked very hard not to type myself.

I go out and do the best I can in each game, and I don't think about the fouls other players will commit or whether I might be injured. It only does you harm to worry about those things.

Next to happiness, perhaps enmity is the most healthful stimulant of the human mind.

Breathe in and take one step, and focus all your attention on the sole of your foot. If you have not arrived fully, one hundred percent in the here and the now, don't take the next step.

When I was a child, love to me was what the sea is to a fish: something you swim in while you are going about the important affairs of life.

Never underestimate a man's ability to make you feel guilty for his mistakes.

Writing is extremely personal, and that's the joy of it for me.