If the fans think I'm a savior, that's fine. But they have to understand I'm one of 25 guys. I can't do it all.

My parents didn't raise me to be a professional player. They raised me to be a good person.

I don't think I've shied away from anybody. I'm not scared. I respect hitters, but I'm not afraid.

The way I pitch is the way I pitch. I'm not going to change my overall philosophy. I'll just go out and pitch.

I'm not a guy who is out trying to promote myself. It's really not me.

I'm not going to change. I'm not going to start clubbing or going out in limos. I'm laid-back, and I'm going to stay that way.

I feel like the harder the work, the better off I'll be later in the season. If I don't work out, it's not so much my letting me down as it is letting everybody else down.

I'm 27 and guys are pitching into their 40s now. For unfortunate reasons, I haven't been healthy since 2005. But I feel that I have a lot of great years ahead of me.

I just dress like... I'm an old black man. Sorry! Like I'm an old Jewish black man. I just dress like it's still the '50s.

Yet love enters my blood like an I.V., dripping in its little white moments.

Some men pray only when the world is dark, as owls hoot at night.

I certainly wouldn't say that my life is a disaster, but there have been moments where I've felt like that

The essential test of design is how well it assists the understanding of the content, not how stylish it is.

The temple is holy because it is not for sale.

[French] authors are more afraid of offending delicacy and rules, than ambitious of sublimity.

Some people know me because of my music and come and see me in my concerts but you very rarely see me or hear me in press or TV or radio magazines.

I always had a standard of, back when I was doing the country music I always told people I would never record a song that I wouldn't sit down and sing in front of my mom and dad.

Glory is the child of peril.