Learn from your rejections and polish your craft. Write for the sheer joy of being creative.

I would much rather read a book about Ty Cobb, who was quite possibly a sociopath. It makes for more interesting copy. Some of the most memorable characters in literature were villains.

My favorite part of any baseball book - and I read a lot of them - is the anecdotes. I believe there is a story within every boxscore and for me - the more outrageous the better!

I have always wanted to be a published author. I write baseball books because I love the sport.

I'm an early riser and feel that some of the best ideas come to you between 5 and 6 a.m.

Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Bullying builds character like nuclear waste creates superheroes. It's a rare occurrence and often does much more damage than endowment.

You can actually eat yourself into a better mood and get rid of depressive thoughts and melancholy.

Small kindnesses small courtesies small considerations habitually practiced in our social intercourse give a greater charm to the character than the display of great talents and accomplishments.

Where hast thou wandered, gentle gale, to find the perfumes thou dost bring?

I will always cherish the times at JGR. The only thing that I regret is that we didn't win more races and/or championships.

Once you see what you are doing or have been doing, you also see its futility, and that unconscious pattern then comes to an end by itself. Awareness is the greatest agent for change.

The most important things in life happen over conversations while eating.

There are too many people sympathetic to radical Islam. We should be looking at them more carefully and finding out how we can infiltrate them.

I just had lunch with Slash two days ago. He loves Axl. He holds no grudges towards him. Twenty years of great music wasn't created because of some stupid grudge. That's a shame.