My father helped me become a ballplayer and take the good with the bad.

If you can get an out on one pitch, take it. Let the strikeouts come on the outstanding pitches. Winning is the big thing. If you throw a lot of pitches, before you know it, your arm is gone.

When I went back to Shea last year it really hit me how much the fans care for me, it still gives me goose bumps. I want to do the right thing for them and my family.

I've done enough wrong on my own, I don't want to get blamed for something I didn't do.

My first year in baseball, there were only one or two reporters. My second year, I got to the Triple-A playoffs, there were four or five. When I came up in 1984, I never saw so many people.

He makes it look easy. You wish there was another league he could get called up to.

Plus, when you get in tough situations, like the bases loaded and nobody out, you never give in.

I'm glad I don't have to face that guy (Don Mattingly) every day. He has that look that few hitters have. I don't know if it's his stance, his eyes or what, but you can tell he means business.

You got the ball in your hands and you're in command, and if you get your good pitch where you want it, nobody's gonna hit you.

The day I pitched, I would drink either 'cause I was celebrating or I lost and couldn't sleep.

I love the fans and I appreciate how much they care for me.

The wealth of time is the only wealth that is more valuable than human resources.

Erik: Are you very tired?Christine: Oh, tonight I gave you my soul, and I am dead.Erik: Your soul is a beautiful thing, child. No emperor received so fair a gift. The angels wept to-night.

You should constantly write because your writing is always evolving and progressing. It's really important to start writing young.

The strongest thing I put into my body is steak and eggs. I just eat. I'm not a supplement guy. Steroids are not even a thought.

Somalis really are very musically sophisticated, and they're about their own thing.

After a long time with someone, you realise you've been thinking for two.

Why dost thou complain of this world? It detains thee not; thy own cowardice is the cause, if thou livest in pain.

You ought to be out raising hell. This is the fighting age. Put on your fighting clothes.

Don't look for meaning in the words. Listen to the silences.

Effective translation of natural languages comes awfully close to requiring a sentient translator program.