Taking the GED and moving on to my dream of playing baseball was what I wanted to do, and my mom and dad supported me.

You can either take it as a way to motivate yourself or be happy with what you've got.

A good changeup is what I need to get to the next level.

Everybody's dream is to be in the big leagues, but only one in a million gets here.

I'm not a big city guy...there's too many people, there's too much traffic.

I prided myself on working as hard as I could, trying to overcome a learning diability.

I like to hunt. After baseball, I'll go back and buy some land and do some farming.

To my parents and all the people who reassured me that leaving high school and going into the draft was the right thing to do, I am forever thankful.

I don't ever want to be an average fourth starter. I want to be the big guy.

I can't try to throw 110 miles per hour. I've got to pitch under control.

Now I know that I don't have to go after every batter with the hardest pitch I've got.

The power of God set us free from every sin.

Prayer is a phenomenal tool for power, prudence and prosperity.

I bet you have girls hanging all over you. Dozens would probably kill to be in my spot and here I am, allergic to your bread.” I looked up. “Why? Because of my near godlike perfection?

Today is the first day in history.-One of Nathan's Daily GemsFrom the 'Book Store ON Main Street'Seal Beach, CA

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

Beer is a gift from the goddesses, a soothing balm given our species to bring joy and comfort in compensation for the curse of self-awareness, the awful realization of our mortality

I learned about Chinese ceramics and African sculptures, I aired my scanty knowledge of the French Impressionists, and I prospered.

The problem with waiting until tomorrow is that when it finally arrives, it is called today.

Now that I beat Lindsay I feel much better.

When you hit a wall – of your own imagined limitations – just kick it in.