It really tests you as a person as far as whether you can handle failure.

I'm still pinching myself. I am very grateful of the way things have gone.

I'm not out to prove anything to anybody.

I don't denounce being Canadian at any point, but I'm definitely proud to be an American.

Larry Walker paved the way for guys like me.

I tried hockey, but it never stuck.

I like to see a lot of pitches just to get a feel for being in the batter's box and seeing pitches.

Everyone says the best fans in baseball are here [in Boston] and I can't wait to be a part of that.

I can do a little bit of everything, I'd like to think.

Before, baseball was something to do to get ready for the hockey season. Now, people look to play baseball, period. It's something you stick with.

I don't really like the limelight.

Humans' eyes cannot take in information when there is zero light reflecting back

MTV didn't call. I guess I wasn't hip and groovy enough

Boasting, like gilded armour, is very different inside from outside.

You must radiate success before it’ll come to you.

Music is a work in progress. On a record, it gets frozen in time. And it's oddly unnatural.

You are running to seek your friend. Let your feet run, but your mind need not.

It is a high distinction for a homely woman to be loved for her character rather than for beauty.

You know that you wouldn't take a baby on a plane without diapers, so when you leave your house, take care of you, like you would a baby. Don't leave your house without packing some healthy things.

You should therefore say: alone in one's boat, alone with one's care, alone with one's despair, which one is craven enough to want rather to keep than submit to the pain of being healed.

I certainly want a name that I can pronounce!