The majority of the time with two strikes I'll choke up on the bat a little bit to try to stay as short as possible. It doesn't always work out like that, but that's the goal.

I know it sounds stupid and cliche, but I just want to get better. I want to keep improving.

Hitting at the top of the order is a good thing. You get more at-bats. I'm excited to see how this develops.

I've always been taught to play the game hard. Baseball is such a tough game, it really humbles you at times, you just have to try not to get too high or too low.

I figured out that there are occasions where you have to get pumped up and take charge, situations where you have to have fun and situations where you need to settle down.

I never want to look in the mirror and say, 'What if? What if I had run harder? What if I had dived for that groundball?'

I'm definitely not the most graceful person out there. I've always been taught to play hard. I don't know how not to play hard. But for some guys it just looks easier. For me, it's not that natural.

I’ve talked to guys who have played for the Phillies and gone on to other organizations and the grass isn’t always greener on the other side.

I don't really like the spotlight.

You're going to bat so many times during a season and it's not worth getting mad about. I still get frustrated, but I try not to let the other team know that.

It's pretty self-explanatory. If we play well, we know what our picture is. If we don't play well, we'll know what our picture is.

Hope is the assurance of positive expectations.

Religion is nothing else but love to God and man.

Literature is inexhaustible, with every book a homage to infinity

Friends create the world anew each day. Without their loving care, courage would not suffice to keep heartsstrong for life.

Most women have a distaste for guns, and I am no exception.

It is a different world and they [the Supreme Court] should speak for justice, not prejudice.... I seek justice, not in some distant tomorrow, not in some study commission, but now while I Iive.

I had to go. A spirit in my feet said 'go,' and I went.

You use hypnosis not as a cure but as a means of establishing a favorable climate in which to learn.

Every Warrior of the Light has, at least once, believed he was not a Warrior of the Light.

I was a baseball player. I played in high school and a little bit in college. I was a catcher. I don't know if I could have played any other position. As a catcher, you're always on the ball.