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.

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.

I didn't go up to the plate thinking, 'OK, my goal now is to get a hit'-I tried not to think about [the streak].

There is no pretending, " Jace said with absolute clarity. "I love you, and I will love you until I die, and if there is life after that, I'll love you then.

When you lack self-esteem it’s easy to keep attracting the wrong people into your life.

Write like you speak with the 'rhythms of human speech, ' as William Zinsser said, and in as few words as possible. Use action verbs to carry water.

The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.

Promises may get thee friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.

I was never given a trial. I never went before any magistrate, nor did my parents. To this day, I do not know what the charges that were lodged against me or my deceased parents at this time.

Listen to advice, but follow your heart.

I'm glad I haven't found my style yet. I'd be bored to death.

The multinational corporation and international production reflect a world in which capital and technology have become increasingly mobile, while labor has remained relatively immobile.

We want Paul's theology and his results but not his methods.