Racism is kinda old. For real.

When you think positive, good things happen.

I don't do stuff to be a star. I do it because I feel it's important for kids, African American kids, to see an African American face that plays baseball.

One of the things I've done is tell myself I can't let bad things that happen to me on the field, off the field, whatever, affect me.

I don't think some athletes understand how big it is to be an athlete, what they can do with just a simple gesture of shaking a kid's hand. It can make a fan's day. It can make a fan's life.

I've pretty much grown up to hide my emotions for the most part.

If I could do it over, I'd want to come up to the big leagues like Mike Trout. He's exciting and I like watching him.

I'm pretty sure that China is way bigger than the Dominican.

I didn't know if I could make it to the big leagues without going through Triple-A.

I never want to sit out. I want to play baseball games.

I love L.A., but you can get into a lot of trouble out here.

Building a better world requires re-humanising the whole world .It is the only practical way.

A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache.

Life is perfect as long as you didn't cheat.

The sky is grey, with a thin TV-static drizzle that hangs in the air like it's been freeze-framed.

I think of myself as a writer who happens to be doing his writing as an anthropologist

The number one ranked team is playing the number 10 ranked team. That's the reality.

Fight the staggering rise of type-2 diabetes by simply learning to cook healthy fresh food - it's fun, and it could save your life!

Sometimes I post quotes on Twitter.

Your dreams should never be better than your real life

A democratic government in South Africa is not a threat to white people.