I've always been counted out. I've always had people believing I didn't belong. I think that has made me work a little harder.

I think it's awesome. I miss it so much. That ocean has something on me.

Playing third base, you rarely have time to get into a great fielding position. It's all about reaction.

I hope I can always be counted on to get a hit or get a guy in-to be an even keel in the lineup.

I love a hard-hit ball, a diving-play situation where you realize afterward there was no thinking involved. It was 100 percent reaction.

The College World Series, that's the end-all deal as a college player. To get a chance to play in the World Series and win it, that was surreal.

I'm not worrying about my mechanics-and that's a fun feeling. It's nice to be confident and not worry about where my hands and feet are.

I don't know if people know how hard it is to get a hit or how hard it is to field a ground ball. It's an easy game in principal, but to actually execute the game it's very difficult.

If I go 500 at-bats and hit 10 home runs, then something's wrong.

There are miracles and glory in every child. Our glory lies in empowering them to flourish their glory.

Day and night. Give and take. But never to die. Each have their time.

You may be surprised what we use our dreams to do, how we drape them over our sight and carry them like amulets to protect us from evil spells.

We must first achieve peace within ourselves. Only then can we take that peace out into the world and invite others to make similar changes.

I resisted writing a book for a long time because I didn't want to invade anyone else's privacy or hurt anyone or anger anyone.

The question of whether or to what extent human activities are causing global warming is not a matter of ideology, let alone of belief. The issue is simply one of risk management.

God is the Creator and the Giver of life, and the life that He gives does not run dry.

I still felt fondness for her - fondness, that pleasant, detached mix of admiration and sentiment, appreciation and nostalgia.

At every crossroad on the way that leads to the future, each progressive spirit is opposed by a thousand men appointed to guard the past.

A desert is a place without expectation.