I've made far too many mistakes. That's the way I feel.

If I ever saw myself saying I'm excited going to Cleveland, I'd punch myself in the face, because I'm lying.

I've always prided myself in not reveling in past accomplishments and focusing on future achievement, instead. That's been my career motto.

Personally, I don't like the term 'success.' It's too arbitrary and too relative a thing. It's usually someone else's definition, not yours.

August in Kansas City is hotter than two rats f**king in a sock.

I want to be the first player to show what Japanese batters can do in the major league.

If I'm in a slump, I ask myself for advice.

People striving for approval from others become phony.

You should seek approval from yourself.

I had a dream. And I made that dream come true.

The Japanese have a strong tendency to suppress their own feelings. That's the Japanese character. They kill their own emotions.

People come and go in this lifetime. Some merely pass us by. Some stay with us for a little while. Some leave as quickly as they come. However, when real friends come, they stay and never leave.

The world needs great inspires, who will encourage every living soul to reach their highest potential. You can be one.

Sorcerers believe that an action taken for the right reasons has an unreasonable chance of success.

Each new scientific fact gives rise to new uncertainties, and every pattern of starlight holds both a record and a prophecy.

And then, in that regal silence, finally - I began to meditate on (and with) God.

[Tom] Steyer is specifically spending money on candidates who will take action against climate change.

I just want to live happily ever after, every now and then.

I went to Paris in 1989 when the Americans didn't quite know what to do with me at first. Now, all those years later, it's kind of the same story. Not the same scenario, but kind of the same story.

Solitude begets whimsies.

Dancing of the autumn leaves on the surface of a lake is a dream we see when we are awake!