Respect is the word I want. You have to earn it. You give, and you get it in return, that's how I see it.

Competing at the highest level is not about winning. It's about preparation, courage, understanding and nurturing your people, and heart. Winning is the result.

Baseball is a game of life. It's not perfect, but it feels like it is.

The second you think you've arrived, someone passes you. You have to always be in pursuit.

Don't be afraid to fail, encourage your talent, and use your heart. And never be unprepared

A winner is somebody who goes out there every day and exhausts himself trying to get something accomplished.

When we lost I couldn't sleep at night. When we win I can't sleep at night. But when you win, you wake up feeling better

Unless you have bad times, you can't appreciate the good times.

Watching other teams in the World Series is like watching somebody else eat a Hot Fudge Sundae.

I have no problem with cheating. Whatever you can get away with.

If you do the best you can, you never have to look back.

I have no control over events. I can only be courageously to conquer every challenge.

Poor is the man whose pleasure depends on the permission of another.

The more melodies and chord changes, the less good it is for the clubs, but the better it is for radio, because it makes it really emotional.

Consciousness is nature's nightmare.

Soup is never eaten as hot as it is cooked.

Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man.

I have a really strong suspicion of the romantic nature of portraiture, the idea that you're telling some essential truth about the interior lives of your subject.

Everything is contingent, and there is also chaos.

When I'm in this state, everything is pure, vividly clear. I'm in a cocoon of concentration.