I think I can play in the big leagues 10 or 15 years. But more important to me is winning-win, make the playoffs.

My mom and dad gave me everything they could have given me.

I like to be aggressive. I like to swing the bat.

I can't change something that I've been all my life. But I can work to express myself and talk more.

My goal is to win. It doesn't matter how I do. I want to do well, but I just want the team to win.

I learned that I have to work hard every day, that I can't get down if I get in a slump.

I pray to God to be a great player, but I want to keep my life.

I like people talking about me, about my defense or what I'm doing. I like to see that, and that makes me work hard.

Major League Baseball should retire Roberto Clemente's number, just like they did Jackie Robinson's.

I just need to come to the park every day thinking something good is going to happen to me and hoping today is going to be the day.

Now that I feel 100 percent, I'm looking forward to playing my game the way I want to-getting on base, stealing bases and trying to help the team any way I can.

Self-love is self liberation

You have a powerful army, Kublai, but the best force is one you do not have to use.

The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides.

I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or better than friendship.

I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.

I'm Irish, yeah, but I don't need to get up on a soapbox about it.

I'm the final clause in a periodic sentence, and that sentence begins a long time ago, in another language, and you to read it from the beginning to get to the end, which is my arrival.

We have got to lose the primary in order to win the general.

I try to ride my horses three times a week. It's nice to be out in nature, where you can't take a phone call.

Sometimes, not getting what you want can be the most valuable experience of your entire life.