I was very nervous, excited, and happy to be given the opportunity to even be in the major leagues.

My dad and my mom had to sacrifice so much, and had to teach us and show us the way of going about things, how to be humble, all those things. They helped us stay on track for what we wanted to do.

We [ me and brother] wanted to win at things like basketball games or baseball games, but off the field we never felt like we had to compete with each other.

I think my mom and dad did a great job with that, because we [with brother] never had any competition in baseball. We always tried to help each other.

When I got to the stadium, one of my biggest things was watching video of hitters.

You have to have a lot of motivation, a lot of heart and be able to work hard. You can never be down on yourself because baseball is a sport that will bring you down [at times].

There's a lot of disrespect in the major leagues. I believe that the disrespect in the major leagues is at a high rate and is really bad for the gam

Even though this world is narrow, it is wide... to those who understand. This world isn't the only one.

and when i look at prime minister mrnarendra modi .i realize nothing in this world isunachievable.if you have the will you will yourselfmake the way.

How many consuming fires can there be in the words: freedom, peace and democracy and how easy they can be extinguished by ignorance, stupidity and arrogance?

You can tell it any way you want, he said, you can be I or he or she or we or they or you and you won't be lying, though you might be telling two stories at once.

It has been an interesting road, but I wouldn't trade any of it for the world, because I feel like all of those instances in my life I felt molded me and strengthened me and made me who I am.

Time is not important, but art is.

Every man's world picture is and always remains a construct of his mind and cannot be proved to have any other existence.

I had a very normal childhood, and my mother cooked very normal food.

When you turn on your radio, you don't always want to hear about someone shootin' some person. Even if that's the lifestyle they live, people don't always want to hear it.

As knowledge grew, fear decreased; men thought less of worshiping the unknown, and more of overcoming it.