It's always great when you're really needed.

Tommie Aaron taught me how to have a good attitude, to be easy going and not get uptight.

One of the more challenging things in life is not being the guy who does the cheating, but not saying anything about it and going along with it.

God isn't really interested in our batting averages.

To go to hospitals and see people fight and overcome cystic fibrosis or cancer or any number of illnesses is to see courage that is humbling. And athletes constantly need to be humbled.

My heroes are people who are working hard and trying to make a good living for their families. My heroes are people who put their families first.

You don't usually get treated unfairly. You usually get what you deserve.

If you live what you believe, you will always have the respect of others.

When you come right down to it, I guess I really am pretty bland.

Playing baseball is not real life. It's a fantasy world... It's a dream come true.

Whether I'm hitting .100 or .300, I have resolved to at least enjoy every game.

You do know what I mean about Mom. It's like she radios into headquarters for Dad's feelings when she senses hers need backup.

At times, maintaining a positive attitude and outlook takes great risk, courage, toughness, and flexibility. It is not easy to stay positive in a cynical and negative world.

We are all hypocrites. We cannot see ourselves or judge ourselves the way we see and judge others.

down the sidewalk where laborers feed their dirty glistening torsos sandwiches and Coca-Cola, with yellow helmets on. They protect them from falling bricks, I guess.

Actors dread working with studios because they dictate what you do in a way that independent movies can't.

I am so excited about Canadians ruling the world.

Youth, beauty, graceful action seldom fail: But common interest always will prevail; And pity never ceases to be shown To him who makes the people's wrongs his own.

I can say that Thiago Silva has no rival in his position. He is by far the best defender in the world. It’s a compliment for me to be compared to him.

The great high-road of human welfare lies along the old highway of steadfast welldoing; and they who are the most persistent, and work in the truest spirit, will invariably be the most successful.

Judged by the dollars spent, gambling is now more popular in America than baseball, the movies, and Disneyland-combined.