If you can get an out on one pitch, take it. Let the strikeouts come on the outstanding pitches. Winning is the big thing. If you throw a lot of pitches, before you know it, your arm is gone.

When I went back to Shea last year it really hit me how much the fans care for me, it still gives me goose bumps. I want to do the right thing for them and my family.

I've done enough wrong on my own, I don't want to get blamed for something I didn't do.

My first year in baseball, there were only one or two reporters. My second year, I got to the Triple-A playoffs, there were four or five. When I came up in 1984, I never saw so many people.

My father helped me become a ballplayer and take the good with the bad.

He makes it look easy. You wish there was another league he could get called up to.

Plus, when you get in tough situations, like the bases loaded and nobody out, you never give in.

I'm glad I don't have to face that guy (Don Mattingly) every day. He has that look that few hitters have. I don't know if it's his stance, his eyes or what, but you can tell he means business.

You got the ball in your hands and you're in command, and if you get your good pitch where you want it, nobody's gonna hit you.

The day I pitched, I would drink either 'cause I was celebrating or I lost and couldn't sleep.

I love the fans and I appreciate how much they care for me.

In my dreams, I never have an age.

I have an enormous fondness for delicious food. It's very comforting.

The joy of all mysteries is the certainty which comes from their contemplation, that there are many doors yet for the soul to open on her upward and inward way.

We've Tweeted him, we've stalked him [on] Facebook. We thought because he was so into volleyball he would have got back to us. But no luck so far.

The older I grow the more earnestly I feel that the few joys of childhood are the best that life has to give.

Modern medical advances have helped millions of people live longer, healthier lives. We owe these improvements to decades of investment in medical research

You have people telling you how good you are and all of a sudden, you might start believing it and forget what it takes to be good.

The bottom line is that there is a lot more that could and should be done to help people with nutrition and exercise.

I have to say that the traditional role is kind of a myth. I think the traditional Mexican woman is a fierce woman.

Until one learns to lose one's self he cannot find himself.