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.'

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.

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.

For Parents: Never blame or scold a child for their first mistake after all family is the first school from where a child learns.

As a legacy, most world leaders leave huge amounts of money to their children and only few leave an honourable surname!

As citizens of a free society, we have a duty to look critically at our world. But if we think we know what is wrong, we must act upon that knowledge.

We are fascinated by the darkness in ourselves, we are fascinated by the shadow, we are fascinated by the bogeyman.

If I make a wrong decision, I worry what might have been. I stress out over very insignificant things.

I was a serious poet for quite a while and had little notebooks filled with poetry.

Late to bed, late to rise, makes a man unhealthy, poor, and stupid.

The tough player is the one who is difficult to play against and easy to play with

[Humor] could be dicey for a therapist and needs to be used very deftly.

Even as a tree has a single trunk, but many branches and leaves, there is one religion but any number of faiths.