I've seen plenty of ballplayers way better than me, but they didn't have the work ethic. It comes down to how bad you want it.

You've got to set high standards for yourself.

I've heard about my size all my life. It makes you work that much harder. It's gratifying to prove them wrong.

When you're getting $2,000 a month in the minors, it's hard not to eat Taco Bell every day.

You can't listen to what people say about you. If you do, you're never going to get anywhere in life.

I've had to work for everything I have, and I'm not going to stop. The minute I feel I've made it, I'm done.

I don't think there's any way you can worry about how many errors or how many bad plays you've made. You can get into a fielding funk just as quick as you can hitting.

All I know is that when I come to the ballpark I'm going to be on time and give 100 percent. I know that I have to do that to keep my job.

What's there to be nervous about? You just go out and play the game.

Pressure is only what you make of it and what you put on yourself.

I like to have fun, and the only way to have fun is to win.

Obviously, the competitor in you, you want to be in the top three every time in the pool.

You can talk about Holocaust denial, but it's really marginal for the most part. What is compelling about the Armenian genocide, is how it has been forgotten.

I put it into my mind to become a complete player, a complete player.

I like to write songs about what's happening, what I see around me and what I hear. Everyday life. Someone may be talking to me and I may take it from that.

My capacity for happiness," he added, "you could fit into a matchbox without taking out the matches first

If you want a different life, you gotta start doing and learning different things.

I don't like being naïve about the market, and I always try to make things as great as I can. Then I hope that there's an audience that enjoys them, and that hopefully those things get protected.

I am interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos, especially activity that seems to have no meaning.

Understand that a problem is only a problem if you choose to view it as a problem (vs. an opportunity).

What excited me when I first came into it was the performing aspect and doing blues-oriented material, rock/blues oriented stuff, basic stuff, basic what they call rock 'n' roll.