It's hard to be a No. 1 when you're not even No. 1 on your team.

I thought there was a chance right from the beginning.

I'd like to think that on a lot of teams, I'd be a No.1. The thing I do know is that every time I take the mound, in my mind I'm the best pitcher in the league.

There is nothing in the world that I loathe more than group activity, that communal bath where the hairy and slippery mix in a multiplication of mediocrity.

The transformative power of love is not fully embraced in our society because we often wrongly believe that torment and anguish are our ‘natural’ condition.

I love jazz and funk, because it's hard. If it's not hard, it's not worth doing.

People's hearts color the heart of the earth and the earth colors the hearts of people.

Everybody loses a couple, and you either pack it up and go home or you keep on fighting.

When I look at my room, I see a girl who loves books.

Make an obstacle an opportunity, make a negative a positive.

Not only do I never lie, I never respond to lies, no matter how vicious, no matter how hurtful.

Americans are an odd bunch, but they grow on you.

My views on birth control are somewhat distorted by the fact that I was seventh of nine children.