I owe baseball. Baseball don't owe me a damn thing.

You'd be surprised how many shortcomings can be overcome by hustle.

Jay Z got Cano a big raise, but he got him an extra 30-day vacation - and it's called October.

See the ball; hit the ball.

You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possibly be - in baseball and in life.

If you have someone equal in ability to me I will beat him every time because I will try harder.

Doctors tell me I have the body of a thirty year old. I know I have the brain of a fifteen year old. If you've got both, you can play baseball.

Am I still in uniform? Then I ain't retired.

Somebody's gotta win and somebody's gotta lose and I believe in letting the other guy lose.

Creating success is tough. But keeping it is tougher. You have to keep producing, you can't ever stop.

Every time I step up to the plate, I expect to get a hit. If I don't expect to get a hit, I have no right to step into the batter's box in the first place.

Love is love. It is God-given, and a sacrament. It is not for any man to judge.

Back turned, you don't have to look at what you've left behind. And the person who first turned their back on you can't watch you break down and cry. Never allow an enemy to see weakness in you.

Creativity should be integral to everything that we do. Creativity should also be intrinsic to our personality, if excellence is what we seek.

I had to get used to it because my life was no longer safe and I was no longer protected like I once was.

The music I'm making is like an explosion of love. It moves away from super dark, its more romanticized and floral, but still quite black.

I did some writing and bought a book, and have been working on that as a film to act and direct in.

God has promised to help us, and God always keeps His promises.

God is very generous and does not deny His grace to anyone. Indeed he gives more than what we ask of Him. Faithfulness to the inspirations of the Holy Spirit-that is the shortest route.

I live on this nice three acres in Hollywood.

I don't really think our government at heart wants peace. So I urge you, write to Mrs. Laura Bush, because she reads.