To me, the fun part of hitting is the thinking part. It's the game within the game.

Whether you have a great game or a terrible game, tomorrow's another day and you've got to come out here and compete.

I take positives out of negatives all the time.

I take great pride in going out there and playing through pain.

Baseball caps never go out of style and are easy to wear. Beyond baseball, beyond sports, I really do think a baseball cap is for everyone.

I’m always looking to improve. And every year I want to do better than the year before.

As soon as baseball becomes a job, as soon as I stop caring, as soon as the smile goes away, I'll hang up my spikes and do something else.

Sure, finishing last has negative connotations. But finishing second-to-last or last is still losing.

I just want to taste what it's like to win in New York

I want to win a World Series. I couldn't care less about MVP.

When I first got to the majors in 2004, female fans held up signs asking me to marry them. Those girls today were what, 13, 14? I'm 23, but that's a little young even for me.

You have to hold onto your fantasy.

The only way to go beyond your fears is to grow beyond them and that always means challenging, overcoming and learning from them.

I learned how to have a little bit of distance when I explained songs and a little bit of distance when I wrote them. I think this is more interesting any way in art.

Every day I spend in Hollywood I start to realize how many films are made with no heart and no love. They just do it for the paycheck and I cannot imagine making a film that way.

I'm not trying to be coy or manipulative or Machiavellian, I want to spark people's imaginations.

You can only feel love by expressing it.

Just be true to yourself and don't do anything that doesn't feel right.

Effective innovations start small. They are not grandiose. They try to do one specific thing.

Maybe people are more like the earth than we know. Maybe they have fault lines that sooner or later are going to split open under pressure.

My game wasn't where it should have been at all at the start of the year. I got into a couple of bad habits on my swing, and it just took me a little bit of time to get out of them.