Larry Walker paved the way for guys like me.

I'm still pinching myself. I am very grateful of the way things have gone.

I'm not out to prove anything to anybody.

I don't denounce being Canadian at any point, but I'm definitely proud to be an American.

I tried hockey, but it never stuck.

I like to see a lot of pitches just to get a feel for being in the batter's box and seeing pitches.

Everyone says the best fans in baseball are here [in Boston] and I can't wait to be a part of that.

I can do a little bit of everything, I'd like to think.

Before, baseball was something to do to get ready for the hockey season. Now, people look to play baseball, period. It's something you stick with.

It really tests you as a person as far as whether you can handle failure.

I don't really like the limelight.

Modularize, don't customize. Build a platform as opposed to building all of the custom technology and custom vertical experiences.

I don't want to be the Hollywood girl... I'm Southern and old-fashioned.

To be an American and unable to play baseball is comparable to being a Polynesian and unable to swim.

Drink deeply from good books.

Indeed, the very first resolution of the General Assembly of the United Nations - adopted unanimously - called for the elimination of nuclear weapons.

God never promised us a trouble-free life.

I have what I call A-list moments, but believe me, I'm still on the D-list.

Let optimists rule the world.

I really didn't know there was two sides to the abortion issue.

I had a really happy childhood - my siblings were great, my mother was very fanciful, and I loved to read. But there was always financial strife.