No matter what the situation, winning takes care of a lot of stuff. Things are never perfect, even when you win. But it does make for a lot better environment, for sure.

You make decisions and you're not going to please everybody all the time.

I watch every day when we hit and take ground balls and the way we go about our business. If I saw any lackadaisical approach, that would concern me.

It's the age-old thing - it's such a cliche - but why worry about things you have no control over?

You look around baseball and when things go south, that type of fan apathy happens.

We've got to give a quality effort every day and play better.

We're going to play better, and we're going to play harder.

I think the one thing about me is I'm a fairly demanding guy, and I give a great deal of myself, and I expect that in return.

I always get a kick out of who is going to be the larger cheering section.

How can you wonder what's going to happen when you don't know who's going to be the new guy in town?

Everyone knows the game is about the players.

Is this one of those days where we all stalk out in fury? Because I simply haven't got the energy for it.

Soft power is quiet persistence.

Every moment is an opportunity to become more enlightened, more open and expanded. Continually choose that path and you will be free.

I hate New Year's Eve. One more chance to remember that you haven't yet done what you wanted. And to pretend it doesn't matter.

The vampire's eyes were open, and he was staring at her intently. It was as though he were trying to speak to her with simply the power of a glare.Alexia did not speak glare-ish.

An author's first duty is to let down his country.

Drew Dellinger is one of the most creative, courageous and prophetic poets of his generation. I love his spirit. Don't miss him!

Marxism: The theory that all the important things in history are rooted in an economic motive, that history is a science, a science of the search for food.

The gospel is not a truth among other truths. Rather, it sets a question mark against all truths.

My coping mechanism with my dyslexia is to use wit and humor.