It's nice when you put in a lot of hard work and you're recognized and a few people appreciate what you've done.

I hated farm work. I always got stuck with the jobs my father and brother didn't want to do.

North Dakota is a great state. Everybody is real supportive up there. I couldn't ask for a better place to call home.

When you get to the big leagues, you need to take potential and turn it into performance. You want to be the guy who got the most out of his ability, not the guy who never fulfilled his potential.

I read a lot of Socrates in the off-season. Don't print that, or it'll ruin my rep.

It's so much easier when you've got guys on base and the whole offense is clicking.

I'm not one for a lot of media attention.

If you work hard, good things will happen. I will never be in a situation where if I fail I can look back and say, 'If I'd only worked harder.'

I'm not really satisfied. I've done all right, but there's room for improvement.

If I'm asked to play first, I should be ready. It's nice to be in the lineup, regardless of where you're at.

I've been streaky throughout my career, but I've been trying to become a more consistent hitter.

When nothing is possible, then do the impossible.

Truth has a resonance to it that fills the cracks where falsehoods lie.

Neither poverty nor wealth is in the wallet. They are all in the mind.

Personal and private and public and professional lives are blended.Separating them is what makes a fraud, hypocrite, alter ego.

Exquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another.

And I'd like to leave quite a few friends behind and I hope I will. Other than that, I don't want nobody putting me on a pedestal when I leave here. I'm just one of the people ... just me.

It's funny because the voice-over world is definitely another career. It's another outlet to be creative. But, I'm just not invested, in the way that I am with film and television.

Most people named Willie are either in prison or on the armwrestling circuit.

I struggled with that notion early in my career. 'I know this is funny but nobody is laughing.' This thought occurred for years.

Because a warrior of light knows that he has duties and responsibilities.