I've learned a lot about being in the public eye. I'm certainly handling things more maturely now, I'm not getting as scared as easily.

I'm focused on myself and on what I've got to do...I'm just trying to get back on track and keep this positive mindset.

I'm going to go to my house and drink a little bit. Can I say that? I guess I can.

People out there said I was too small. It's those kinds of moments that pushed me to be where I'm at right now.

My father-he pretty much taught me everything I know. He still pushes me to be the best I can.

I'm close to six feet, I like to think.

The more torque I can come up with, the better.

You don't come up expecting to be a fan favorite. When I was a rookie, I was just trying to make a name for myself, but people already knew who I was and already had expectations for me.

Since baseball is my favorite sport, it's easy to go out and do what I do.

I will send a fastball into the cyber hole.

Nobody wants to lose. But I don't care what my win-loss record is. At the end of the day, I don't look at it.

If it feels as though life is screwing with you - it isn't. The world isn't 'against you'.It's simply showing you what you believe and giving you a chance to observe it and change it.

Certainly if the fundamental problem of society is that demands are infinite and resources are always limited, politics, not economics is the master science.

Only if we face up to our past can we regain our credibility. If we pretend that our trust is greater than it is, we will be like someone who tries to patch over a crack.

But I did go to music really early on, even when I was 4 or 5, I was responding to music probably in ways other kids were not.

What a frightening thing is the human, a mass of gauges and dials and registers, and we can only read a few and those perhaps not accurately.

I spend my nights just sitting and reading a book and drinking my tea and walking my dog. That's about as exciting as my life gets.

I wanted to be Katharine Hepburn-ish - there was a bit of nobility about her.

I knew you'd kiss me." "How?" I say. Because I didn't know myself. "Because I am in pain," He say's. "That's the only way I get your attention.

But alas, if I have not maintained my victory, it is God's fault for not making man and the devil of equal strength.

The famous physician Dumoulin said when dying, 'I leave two great physicians behind me, simple food and pure water.'