My dad taught me how to play. He was a great amateur player in Curacao.

I love taking hits away from guys and seeing their reaction.

Every year I try to make adjustments and learn.

You play for the team, you don't play for the fans.

I know what my job is. I know what I've got to do. I've got to keep getting better.

My focus is to stay up the middle. If I'm a little early I'll hit it to left, if I'm a little late, I'll hit it to right.

Injuries are injuries, everybody has them. You play with it. I don't make excuses.

I just have to prove to myself, I don't have to prove to fans.

People think the leadoff spot is a big deal. I tell people you're going to lead off the first inning, and after that, you can be a No. 4 hitter or No. 3 hitter.

I just go out there and try to help my teammates any way I can. They are on me a lot to be in the lineup and do stuff for the team, but sometimes it's just...frustrating.

I want to be more consistent. I wanna get hits. I wanna get my average back up where people think I can hit.

Give what you have. To someone else it may be better than you dare to think.

Prayer is a force as real as terrestrial gravity. As a physician, I have seen men lifted out of sickness by the power of prayer. It is the only power in the world that overcomes the laws of nature.

The better part of every man's education is that which he gives himself.

I think it's good when people don't write good things about your work. I mean, what a great compliment it is to be called a charlatan.

The obstacles are great and the suffering is great and people have got to make a living.

Nice,' I say, realizing only afterward that I've mimicked her, a bad habit of mine; I'm like one of those animals that imitates its predators to survive.

I never made 'Who's Who,' but I'm featured in 'What's That?'

Zen people love Buddha so tremendously that they can even play jokes upon him. It is out of great love; they are not afraid.

The thing is, unfortunately, I write the best songs when I'm miserable.

I love giving people advice on what to do with their books, but I don't really know how a Kindle Single gets covered.