The mark of a good hitter is someone who hits the ball hard, often. And if you run into a few home runs, that's fine.

When I started to play consistently and produce consistently, that's when I knew that I could compete and do well in the big leagues.

If you gave me a choice between being married and being a baseball player, that's a no-brainer. I would be married any day. I just love it.

Agile, athletic, sleek-all these things describe my game!

I think any great performer or athlete has to have a little bit of a gut to be great.

I want to play every game of my career in an Astros uniform.

They were chanting my name, but I don't know why. My name is on the back of my uniform. So, it's nice to know they can read.

One-run games can go either way, and most of the time they do.

I was raised in church by Christian parents and I was baptized when I was 11 years old. But I didn't really have a good understanding of what the Gospel was really all about until college.

Theres a little more margin for error this year. Last year, it felt like we had to win every game. That wasnt a lot of fun.

I'll be a Houston Astro no matter what ... I would certainly want to leave myself open to a return to the team if that made sense for the organization and for me as well.

While it is easy to blame the hand of the abuser, when that hand no longer is raised against you, why do you continue to feel the burn of its touch?

Live what you love.

The good go for the better to come.

Well, it's always been my nature to take chances My right hand drawing back while my left hand advances

He's got a great sense of humor for a guy who never says anything.

And so I missed those best years and I find it difficult for me, in groups, to be comfortable.

Thus I reel from desire to fulfillment and in fulfillment languish for desire.

It's very, very rare in this business [moviemaking] where a script lands on your lap ready to go.

When you look at my film you see footage that is unbelievably awesome and beautiful and dangerous looking. It's something that is very, very cinematic.

People are more afraid of the laws of Man than of God, because their punishment seems to be nearest.