I'm older, and I'm better. I'm not old, but I'm older and wiser.

I wouldn't play in Minnesota unless my career was at an end and I had to go to Minnesota to play the game.

I want to hit the ball and I want to get at-bats. The results really dont matter to me.

When I see that little white ball go up, I want to catch it, no matter what. If I have to knock myself silly doing it, so be it.

I just didn't have no edge for baseball. Once special coach Tony Oliva and former Twins coach Al Newman told me what happened, I couldn't function.

People see dark faces out there, and the perception is that they're African American. They're not us. They're impostors.

Spring training is for getting to know your teammates and forming a chemistry. I dont like it.

With faith, I know that everything will be taken care of. Even the difficult times become learning experiences to help make my faith stronger.

I'd rather save a home run than hit one. I've always been like that. Defense is what I pride myself on.

When I rely on my faith, I know God wants to reward and bless me but not because of some great act that I did but because of who He is.

Christ always had a passion for whatever He was doing. That's how I try to define myself as an athlete. That's the example I try to follow.

Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.

To whom do I give my new elegant little book? Cui dono lepidum novum libellum?

Most of the wonderful places in the world were not made by architects but by the people.

Good schools underpin not only our economy, but the social fabric of our lives.

It'll all end in tears and oil.

Well, it looks like we've moved a step closer to war. Not with Iraq. With France and Germany. How did we screw that one up?

As an artist, you are aware there is this strange money market out there, but you have no sense of how it works.

Free enterprise is the sure and so far the only known way of constantly improving the well-being of mankind.

I'm just in an unfortunate business where if you ask me a question I have to answer it honestly and if I don't answer it truthfully then I'm not respected.

They say the day you lose your parents, you start to look like them.