I've discovered there is another life besides baseball. You have to be balanced to be a happy person.

I try to stay on an even keel. I get really fired up on occasion, but staying relaxed and under control bodes better for my game than getting out of control.

I don't feel any pressure when I'm up there at the plate. I feel it when I'm in the on-deck circle, but when I'm in the box, it's just me and the pitcher, and I get zoned in.

Obviously, success breeds more confidence. And it's pretty easy to be confident if you're getting a hit almost every time at bat.

I try not to have personal goals. Personal numbers is a mind-set. The only numbers I care about are in the win column.

If making an error doesn't make you mad, what's the point? Why put all the work in?

You're not always going to be perfect, but I always try to be.

I'm not comfortable being that outgoing guy. That's not me. I never used to talk to anybody.

My mother was the biggest influence on me, without question.

I'm still very critical of myself, but I've learned to deal with it. You know that every at-bat is important, but it's not life and death.

You can't change your game based on where you're playing.

A life dedicated to family, friends, community, and whole humanity is a life well spent.

Whatever you believe in your heart, you will receive it.

It's lovely to be going home and know it's home. I love green gables already, and I've never loved any place before. Oh, Marilla, I'm so happy.

Just be yourself man, be proud of who you are.

Remember the hours after Sept. 11 when we came together as one...It was the worst day we have ever seen, but it brought out the best in all of us.

It is evident that not all people that have the confidence of the prime minister are the same ones that have the confidence of the head of state.

If only I had an enemy bigger than my apathy I could've won.

It’s a nice challenge to escape your reality. I think that’s why actors do what we do. We like to play other people. It’s therapeutic.

What a man wants is a mate and what a woman wants is infinite security,’ and, ‘What a man is is an arrow into the future and a what a woman is is the place the arrow shoots off from.

Learning how to think in the midst of fear is a lesson that everyone needs to learn.