People only rooted for the underdog in movies, not in middle school.

Whether you have a great game or a terrible game, tomorrow's another day and you've got to come out here and compete.

I take positives out of negatives all the time.

I take great pride in going out there and playing through pain.

Baseball caps never go out of style and are easy to wear. Beyond baseball, beyond sports, I really do think a baseball cap is for everyone.

I’m always looking to improve. And every year I want to do better than the year before.

As soon as baseball becomes a job, as soon as I stop caring, as soon as the smile goes away, I'll hang up my spikes and do something else.

Sure, finishing last has negative connotations. But finishing second-to-last or last is still losing.

I just want to taste what it's like to win in New York

I want to win a World Series. I couldn't care less about MVP.

When I first got to the majors in 2004, female fans held up signs asking me to marry them. Those girls today were what, 13, 14? I'm 23, but that's a little young even for me.

Whatever he knows of his weaknesses, Private Mulvaney is wholly ignorant of his strength.

I flush with heaving passion's strange delight, Yet find contentment lost in appetite.

Just be yourself, the minute you start being yourself youre gonna win.

Mr. President, putting it bluntly, wouldn't we just be continuing a bloodbath that already exists in Cambodia if we voted the 222 million in aid?

Having adventures comes natural to some people", said Anne serenely. "You just have a gift for them or you haven't.

The real preparation for [Christ's] return is not to act like we know it's coming right now and do something different. It's to do what we should have been doing all along.

I came from somewhat of a musical family. I had an uncle on Broadway. My dad kind of knows how to play instruments. Although, I always find it annoying when he does play an instrument.

True love exists in business. It's when Employee and Employer are amazingly grateful to have each other. We should all have true love at work.

Zen insight is not our awareness, but Being's awareness of itself in us.

Much music teaching seems more concerned with controlling the student than with encouraging the student's own impulses.