Momentum is your next day's pitcher.

I knew we were in for a long season when we lined up for the national anthem on opening day and one of my players said, 'Every time I hear that song I have a bad game.'

You're not always going to be at your best, but it better be the best you've got that day.

When it’s time, it’s time … and it’s time.

We need our veterans to set an example, like being the first ones there. A veteran is entitled to a bigger paycheck, but not a special set of rules.

You don't lead by lip service, you lead by example.

We need to have preparation to win. A disciplined team will win more close games over a period of time.

He represented the Twins , but I think everyone in baseball felt like they were a teammate of Kirby Puckett.

I'm second in doubles - double vodkas, double scotches.

It takes time to get the whole package. Freshmen can't be seniors.

It's well known that I interviewed with Philadelphia last winter, and I'd like to manage again.

In the moment, you most likely won't know how valuable such detours will prove to be, but life has a way of revealing the hidden magic in these moments down the road at the appropriate time.

Is human nature to believe that other places and other times are better than the here and now.

You might be a redneck if you have every episode of Hee Haw on tape.

I get recognised a lot. If there are a load of school kids together, they'll shout at me, but I'm quite good at giving grief back. I give as good as I get.

Listening to soft music and the sound of the ocean is quite relaxing to me.

It's no use to worry about what people think. I never do. I used to. But when I saw that they'd really rather think wrong than right I gave it up.

I haven't heard Obama ask us for our consent when he's trying to ram Obamacare down our throats.

The masses have no habit of self-reliance or original action.

I was brought up to be a good boy and proud of myself so I suppress all the things about me that are bad.