I'm going to play my game and be who I am. I don't think anyone puts more pressure on me than I do on myself.

Being patient, feeling comfortable, taking my walks-that's part of my game.

How can you not have fun going around the country playing baseball for a living? Being a baseball player is the next best thing to being a rock star.

Winning depends on where you put your priorities. It's usually best to put them over the fence.

No matter what players say or people say, you want to be liked and appreciated, even if you've had a downfall.

I'm too busy having fun to be mean and nasty.

What we should have done a long time ago was stand up - players, ownership, everybody - and said: 'We made a mistake.'

People ask me, "What would you be doing without baseball?" I don't know... super-sizing fries?

I had fun coming every day and playing in front of a packed house - it was exciting.

The biggest thing as I have gotten older is the calmness that's come over me.

As a younger player, you always kind of play with that fear of failure.

When life becomes hard, you will never like what your life is to be in the next day unless you love yourself for real.

We're allowed to explore the world at large on these things; the urban-legend aspect of it is just kind of an excuse.

It is wonderful... Steve and Dan took professional football to a whole different level with the way they played the game. The fact that Steve is going in with Dan is very special.

I have found, after a good deal of consideration, that the best place to seek God is in a garden. You can dig for Him here.

Democracy is mob rule with income taxes.

I don't read the newspapers, I don't watch the news. I figure, if something important happens, someone will tell me.

To succeed,all I need to do is suffer.

I'm so lucky that my songs are basically my diary put to music.

Writing poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric.

It is what you are inside that matter. You, yourself, are your only real capital.