Life is precious and time is a key element. Let's make every moment count and help those who have a greater need than our own.

My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, 'You're tearing up the grass'; 'We're not raising grass,' Dad would reply. 'We're raising boys.'

I didn't have evil intentions, but I guess I did have power.

When I was 14, and for the next four years, I was lifting and hauling 10-gallon milk cans full of milk. That will put muscles on you even if you're not trying.

Joe Mauer's the real deal. He is absolutely wonderful. Not only is he a great player, but he's a great human being. He's the kind of guy you'd like to see be your son.

It takes a lot of dedication to quit smoking, and whether you give up for good on your first try or have to give it a couple of tries - just keep swinging at it and you will succeed.

It's very disappointing... Anything that harms the integrity of the game is terrible. We always thought we were immune to drugs in baseball, but we know that's not true anymore.

I found out early in life that I could hit a baseball farther than most players and that's what I tried to do.

How the hell can you play here?

I was set to go to Oregon to play college baseball and football.

Look for the seams (on a knuckleball) and then hit in-between them.

Nostalgia in reverse, the longing for yet another strange land, grew especially strong in spring.

I lay there under the stars and thought of what a great responsibility it is to be human.

She needs to sort out her priorities

Of the twelve companions of Thorin, ten remained. Fili and Kili had fallen defending him with shield and body, for he was their mother’s elder brother.

You'll make mistakes because it's impossible to know what is or isn't a mistake until it's made.

My parents lived likeas the neighbours described thema pair of chopsticks, always in harmony.

It's fun to be loose. Just like on stage, all of your great ideas come from looseness.

No one is such a liar as the indignant man.

It was all quite ghastly and I was very fond of it.

There is no calamity that right words will not begin to redress