I never found a place where I wanted to live more than Alvin (Texas).

My job is to give my team a chance to win.

One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something.

Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt. Only by being open to change will you have a true opportunity to get the most from your talent.

It helps if the hitter thinks you're a little crazy.

Pitching in the big leagues is a dream. Preparing to pitch in the big leagues is a nightmare!

I grew up with the thought that I wanted to treat people the way I'd like to be treated, and I think if you do that, it's pretty hard to go wrong.

Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt.

When I had dyslexia, they didn't diagnose it as that. It was frustrating and embarrassing. I could tell you a lot of horror stories about what you feel like on the inside.

A successful pitcher keeps the leadoff hitter from reaching first base and puts the first pitch over for a strike - the two most important rules of pitching.

Everyone has limits. You just have to learn what your own limits are and deal with them accordingly.

All the music I write is a search for myself.

A word out of place or an interesting choice of vocabulary can spawn a whole character.

We view God as a resource that will broker all my cheap desires.

Severe opposition is a measure of success (because) one inevitable result of winning a majority change in consciousness is a backlash from those forces whose power depended on the old one.

The only negative thing in Pakistan is not having a democracy.

When one is polite in German, one lies.

For as many people as I quote-unquote lost respect from, I gained respect from a lot more. I know that's a fact.

People like to hear the word 'love.'

I can swim I'm not bad, but not great.

North Carolina, particularly the 8th District, has long played a key role in our Nation's military forces.