It's good to find the barrel of the bat again.

I know it sounds stupid and cliche, but I just want to get better. I want to keep improving.

Hitting at the top of the order is a good thing. You get more at-bats. I'm excited to see how this develops.

I've always been taught to play the game hard. Baseball is such a tough game, it really humbles you at times, you just have to try not to get too high or too low.

I figured out that there are occasions where you have to get pumped up and take charge, situations where you have to have fun and situations where you need to settle down.

I never want to look in the mirror and say, 'What if? What if I had run harder? What if I had dived for that groundball?'

I'm definitely not the most graceful person out there. I've always been taught to play hard. I don't know how not to play hard. But for some guys it just looks easier. For me, it's not that natural.

I’ve talked to guys who have played for the Phillies and gone on to other organizations and the grass isn’t always greener on the other side.

I don't really like the spotlight.

You're going to bat so many times during a season and it's not worth getting mad about. I still get frustrated, but I try not to let the other team know that.

It's pretty self-explanatory. If we play well, we know what our picture is. If we don't play well, we'll know what our picture is.

Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else.

Small groups are the place to push past Bible knowledge and on to life application so that we can see people's lives transform more and more into the image of Christ.

Having a dream isn't stupid. ... It's not having a dream that's stupid.

I'm getting more towards that point where I'm ready to kind of pass the torch on and see the next generation succeed behind me.

At Jerusalem, I went to the mosque and sat down. A man asked me what I wanted. I told him I was a Muslim. Now I realize I can get direct contact with God, unlike Christianity or any other religion.

People tethered to God by faith can let themselves go because they know they will get themselves back.

Every word about the God-breathed character of Scripture is meaningless if Holy Scripture is not understood as the witness concerning Christ.

I still can't set up the ironing-board. A complete Luddite.

I enjoy the competition and whatever it takes throughout the competition, I will do it.

Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths.