That's the reality of it. Everybody has a big two or three. The health of those big two or three ... there's a lot riding on it.

You can tell your uncle stuff that you could not tell your dad. That is kind of the role of an uncle. I feel very much like a father sometimes but sometimes I feel like a teammate.

Everyone has a budget, I don't care who you are. But they said if we are in a pennant race in the middle of the summer they are going to get some help with added payroll.

I have a lot of interests.

I love watching American League games, you know what I mean?

Everybody knows something, and nobody knows everything.

The only people I ever felt intimidated by in my whole life were Bob Gibson and my Daddy.

I'm not sure where my career is going here in Cincinnati.

Let them police themselves, and then it goes another step past them to my coaches and there a coach that is responsible for a different area and different category on the field.

I'm a strong man, and usually I get over hurts and it makes me stronger when I come back.

When you have an opportunity to take the lead and you don't, most of the time something bad happens.

This is the legacy of a compassionate bunch. Our fate now rests on the whims of men.

Why tomorrow when there is today?

You have no right to be silenced.

In everyday life, I like APC, Isabel Marant, but I also like Zara. It depends how I'm feeling on the day. I like clothes that have a certain strength to them - simple but graphic.

'Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do.

There were a lot of beautiful, thin people out there driving nice cars. It was a whole different experience being in L.A.

That's emails for ya: sometimes they're like an arrow that hits so deep in the target, you can't pull it out.

We are all searching for some form of family or foundation - for a place we can feel safe and secure.

When we're falling in love or out of it, that's when we most need a song that says how we feel. Yeah, I write a lot of songs about boys. And I'm very happy to do that.

I've learned to take time for myself and to treat myself with a great deal of love and respect, because I like me.. I think I'm kind of cool.