The fans have been great with me. I think they appreciate that I don't take an at-bat off.

Baseball is important, but it's about fifth place behind my kids, my wife and the health of my family.

I've never really considered myself a home run hitter. Mostly I'm a guy who hits into the gaps for a lot of doubles.

I felt both parents at my side no matter what I did.

As a 20th round pick nothing was handed to me in the minor leagues.

I've gone through adversity most guys don't have to face.

If you're good, you fail seventy percent of the time. You have to be mentally capable of blocking that out and keep going.

I had six good years and one bad one, and everyone was wondering whether I'd have a good one again.

Happiness is not found in serenity, tranquility or surrealism. It is found in harmony of thoughts, actions, and reality.

The thing that gave me the most pain in life, psychologically, and it gave me tremendous pain psychologically, is man's disrespect for nature.

One does not make wars less likely by formulationg rules of warfare... war cannot be humanized. It can only be eliminated.

I definitely feel moved and affected after interviews, but not in a way that's anything other than positive. There are moments that make me want to cry, but not in any way I can't handle.

I pray every day for my little girls. It's hard out there for the younger generation.

Truth is like most opinions - best unexpressed.

The biggest game I ever played in was probably Don Larsen's perfect game.

Live are a really good band. I like Stone Temple Pilots, Radiohead I love. Even Oasis.

Out of many evils the evil which is least is the least of evils. [Lat., E malis multis, malum, quod minimum est, id minimum est malum.]

I am the worlds laziest writer.