I try not to pay much attention to what people say-I just try to concentrate on the game.

I feel a lot more comfortable at shortstop, but it's no problem, I'll move to make room.

I put the ball in play. That's what I want.

When I get to first base, I start thinking about third.

I never thought I might become famous. It takes getting used to.

Patience is very important, especially at the plate.

I have to work hard for my family. They don't have a lot.

I like triples-when I hit a ball in the gap, all I think about is a triple.

I'm the leadoff hitter, it's my job to lead this team. I know people say the way I go is how the Mets go, so I'll do whatever it takes.

Remember, when we're lost in a story, we're not passively reading about something that's happening to someone else.

Not everything buried is actually dead. For many, the past is alive.

It doesn't matter what others are doingIt matters what YOU are doing.

Each makes this cosmos and its construction the pivot of his emotional life, in order to find in this way peace and security which he can not find in the narrow whirlpool of personal experience.

My bladder cancer was related to smoking, and I think smoking kills people.

Why should the peculiarities of human consciousness be the narrow standard by which other creatures are judged?

One changes from day to day, and... after a few years have passed one has completely altered.

The gloom of the world is but a shadow. Behind it, yet within our reach is joy. There is radiance and glory in the darkness could we but see - and to see we have only to look.

I exercise regularly; I make it a point to spend some time in the gym. It is important for people to enjoy their exercises, so choose a form of exercise that makes you happy.

In Lebanon, it's never over for anyone. You cannot write off anyone or anything in this country.