I never want to sit out. I want to play baseball games.

When you think positive, good things happen.

I don't do stuff to be a star. I do it because I feel it's important for kids, African American kids, to see an African American face that plays baseball.

One of the things I've done is tell myself I can't let bad things that happen to me on the field, off the field, whatever, affect me.

I don't think some athletes understand how big it is to be an athlete, what they can do with just a simple gesture of shaking a kid's hand. It can make a fan's day. It can make a fan's life.

I've pretty much grown up to hide my emotions for the most part.

Racism is kinda old. For real.

If I could do it over, I'd want to come up to the big leagues like Mike Trout. He's exciting and I like watching him.

I'm pretty sure that China is way bigger than the Dominican.

I didn't know if I could make it to the big leagues without going through Triple-A.

I love L.A., but you can get into a lot of trouble out here.

Gratitude is one of the most powerful human emotions. Once expressed, it changes attitude, brightens outlook, and broadens our perspective.

When my hands can no longer make these hammers and strings play for you, my heart will always sing to you.

Depression is an imagery of our heart's sickness.

When perception and reality collide, we grow".

It's always been a great survival value for people to believe they belong to a superior tribe. That's just in human relationships.

I had a Tesla. I was one of the first cats with a Tesla. But I'm telling you, I've been on the side of the road a while in that thing.

The pint would call the quart a dualist, if you tried to pour the quart into him.

Most people in America understand that the rich people hire good accountants and figure out how not to necessarily pay all the taxes.

The beginning and the end of all Christian leadership is to give your life for others.

Beauty, if you do not open your doors, takes age from lack of use.