I think any great performer or athlete has to have a little bit of a gut to be great.

When I started to play consistently and produce consistently, that's when I knew that I could compete and do well in the big leagues.

If you gave me a choice between being married and being a baseball player, that's a no-brainer. I would be married any day. I just love it.

Agile, athletic, sleek-all these things describe my game!

I want to play every game of my career in an Astros uniform.

They were chanting my name, but I don't know why. My name is on the back of my uniform. So, it's nice to know they can read.

One-run games can go either way, and most of the time they do.

I was raised in church by Christian parents and I was baptized when I was 11 years old. But I didn't really have a good understanding of what the Gospel was really all about until college.

Theres a little more margin for error this year. Last year, it felt like we had to win every game. That wasnt a lot of fun.

I'll be a Houston Astro no matter what ... I would certainly want to leave myself open to a return to the team if that made sense for the organization and for me as well.

Its unbelievable, I cant even describe it. To be a big part of bringing the World Series the first World Series ever to Houston is just tremendous.

In all times, and all countries especially in those countries which are divided within by religious faith, there are always fanatics who will be well contented to be regarded as martyrs.

Curiosity and the urge to solve problems are theemotional hallmarks of our species

You have to train your brain to be positive just like you work out your body.

Horses and mules, and even sail cars, made more rapid progress than did the earliest locomotive.

There is no reality of consciousness independent of the effects of various vehicles of content on subsequent action (and hence, of course, on memory).

I think what's important for kids to know is that your decisions here on earth matter, your behavior matters and how you treat other people matters.

To feel estranged from language is to lose your own body.

Science is almost totally incompatible with religion.

I have never met one person who likes Grand Funk.

I think of a movie as a human body. You can feel the pump of the heart and the blood going through the veins when you watch that scene.