I'm not trying to be cocky, but I set such a high standard for myself. I'm not happy when I pitch seven innings and give up two runs and get a win.

Some people pray to a totem pole, some people pray to a sun, some people pray to a god. It all works for them. It all comes back to what you think.

I'm so secure in myself I couldn't care less what people think of me.

The outfield is solid, so is the catching and the infield.

Big league defense is going to get outs most times.

Meyer and I have a bit in common because we're both left-handed. I think it's great that he seeks out that advice because he's not too "cool" or too uncomfortable to ask for it.

I do look forward to keeping in touch with the guys because we'll always be connected in people's minds.

It's not like I'm some kind of veteran and there is this huge age gap. I identify with them more off the field. I need to set an example, which is great, and I look forward to doing just that.

When someone becomes successful or rich and famous, people perceive that person as being different. But I'm the same guy I've always been.

I was this 5-7 pudgy kid in high school... I wasn't a popular kid. I was an outcast.

I just write mechanical things.

If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. Nothing in the paper today, we sigh.

There is no point to samba if it doesn't make you smile.

I've had such a satisfying life professionally and personally. I hope my tombstone says, 'Never boring.'

I count it an honor to play with some guys that I've watched play on television, and may be in the Hall of Fame some day.

Rather than thinking, 'If I do this, and in five years I'll be where I want to be,' you're better just doing something that makes you happy now.

Huddled around the fire of the alphabet.

The world is full of cravens who pretended to be heroes.

I absolutely believe in Heaven and Hell. They're just like what the Bible says they are.

We are secure, not because we hold tightly to Jesus, but because He holds tightly to us.

We need a national renewable energy goal. Such a goal, sometimes called a renewable energy standard (RES), would spell out what percentage of our power America plans to get from renewable sources.