Now here I am almost 52 years old, it's really easy. I'm way more at peace. But when you're a competitor, and you're as intent on becoming the best in the world as I was, it comes with consequences.

I have faced many different obstacles in my life, and have always maintained a strong belief that no matter the circumstances, I could overcome those obstacles.

Everybody has bad at-bats -- except McCutchen.

If you're a manager you can't get frustrated and be emotional. You have to continue to steer the ship, you can't let go of the wheel because who knows where it will go then.

I got to experience a world championship with some great teammates.

My idea of a 'super bowl' is when the catcher is standing in front of the plate with the ball, waiting for me as I round third...and I make him drop it. That's a quality Super Bowl.

Schools used to fund-raise for luxuries, like a trip to the water slides. Now, we fund-raise for things we have to have.

Fateful moments tend to evoke grandeur of speech, especially in French.

We must lose what we think we know so that we can come to see what we least expect.

Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic, chiefly as an almost insane excitement at first, and a worse reaction afterwards.

We need to put no confidence in the arm of flesh, but rather trust ourselves entirely to the arm of the Lord.

I got a bit obsessed with the whole English language and was writing journals and poetry. I've always been intrigued about psychology and philosophy and how people's minds work.

The snow again. White, white net of beauty, net of dream, trapping the earth, trapping the helpless heart of life.

We have to understand and explain to each other what blackness is.

Whenever possible, go outside the expertise of the enemy.

I do think that people ought to have some control over their money, rather than the government, just mandating to them how they're going to invest their money.

The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis.